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Article: Thug Barton faces the boot.
- Article from:
- Northumberland Gazette (Alnwick, England)
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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DISGRACED Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton is today hanging on by his fingernails, following his latest conviction for violence.
The hot-headed 25-year-old admitted assaulting former Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo at a court appearance on Monday.
He is still to be sentenced for the "snarling attack", after appearing before a judge in Manchester's Minshill Crown Court.
Barton changed his plea to guilty at the last moment after Judge Khokhar Mushtaq indicated that he would receive a suspended sentence if he did so.
Prosecutor Richard Varden said Barton punched Mr Dabo, 31, a French international, after confronting him ...
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December 22, 2004 ;
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...MANCHESTER CITY midfielder Joey Barton is to escape the sack but is facing a [pounds sterling]100,000 fine after he poked a lit cigar ... hope will be concluded before Christmas. But Barton is sure to be on the receiving end of a
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