Article: Thug Barton faces the boot.

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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