10 Things Joey Barton Wants You To Forget

This list could have been a whole load longer...

In all areas of life, there are people who just won't go away, no matter how hard you try to block them out of your mind. The more you dislike them, the more they seem to appear. Ocarina of Time has Navi. Game of Thrones has Joffrey. The footballing world has Joey Barton. You'd think that with an ongoing career of implosions, people would learn to ignore him. Instead, quite the opposite has happened, with Barton frequently popping up on some of the biggest sporting stages. He's wormed his way onto Match of the Day, the occasional BBC Rugby broadcast, Channel 4's NFL coverage and, away from sports, Question Time. All of this clearly proves that to make it as an 'expert' in every field, all you have to do is punch, kick and tweet philosophical insights about Nietzsche... But while Barton's reputation is infamous, maybe the world needs a recap of his darkest moments in order to rid him from our screens once and for all. There are even some misdemeanours which barely made the news. The title says these are moments Barton wants you to forget, but let's face it, without them, he'd just be a decent (forgettable) Premier League footballer as opposed to the bizarre media darling he's morphing into.
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