5 things you may not know about Joey Barton

The soon-to-be Fleetwood manager has had a colourful and controversial career.

Published Apr 19, 2018

Joey Barton has been appointed manager of League One Fleetwood and will take up his position on June 2, once a Football Association ban for breaching betting rules expires.

Here Press Association Sport looks at five things you may not know about the former midfielder, who played for Manchester City, Newcastle, QPR, Marseille, Rangers and Burnley.

Inauspicious start

Joey Barton began his career at Manchester City (Matthew Ashton/EMPICS)

On and off-field misdemeanours

Joey Barton, centre, received a lengthy ban for his reaction to his dismissal playing for QPR at Manchester City (Peter Byrne/PA Images)

Criminal behaviour

Joey Barton served a prison term in Strangeways (Dave Thompson/PA Images)

Betting Barton

Joey Barton received a lengthy ban for placing more than 1000 bets on matches (John Walton/PA Images)

Honours

Joey Barton made one substitute appearance for England, in a friendly with Spain (Mike Egerton/EMPICS)