Joey Barton

What do you guys reckon should happen to this complete waste of space? Apparently Newcastle have banned him till further notice, most say that's his last ever game for Newcastle. Should he still be able to play football? If so who do you think would be stupid enough to take him on? Saw this somewhere else, this tells you all you need to know about him.

Joey Barton Factfile:

1982: Born Huyton, September 2.

2003: April - Makes Manchester City debut in a 2-0 defeat to Bolton at the Reebok Stadium.

Scores first Blues goal in 2-0 win over Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

September - Called into England Under-21 squad for internationals against FYR Macedonia and Portugal.

2004: February - Sent off after half-time in an FA Cup tie at Tottenham with his team 3-0 down. City go on to win 4-3.

April - Stormed out of Eastlands before kick-off after being axed from the side to face Southampton.

July - Blasted by manager Kevin Keegan for causing a mass brawl in pre-season friendly at Doncaster.

September - Signed a two-year extension to his contract.

December - Stubbed a lit cigar into the eye of young team-mate Jamie Tandy during club's Christmas party. Fined six weeks' wages by City. Forced to pay four weeks' salary - approximately £60,000 - immediately, with a further two weeks suspended for a year.

2005: May - Barton breaks leg of 35-year-old pedestrian while driving his car at 2am in Liverpool city centre.

July 22 - Involved in an altercation with a 15-year-old Everton fan at City's team hotel in Bangkok, where the team are playing in the FA Premier League Trophy.

July 27 - Fined eight weeks' wages by City after being found guilty of gross misconduct in the Bangkok incident. Accepts punishment and agrees to undertake a programme of rehabilitation.

2006: January 30 - Hands in a transfer request, which is instantly rejected by City.

July - Signs new four-year contract.

September 30 - Drops his shorts in the direction of Everton fans following City's 1-1 draw at Goodison Park. Merseyside Police and the FA later confirm they are liaising in their investigation into the matter.

October 5 - Charged with improper conduct and/or bringing the game into disrepute by the Football Association.

October 9 - Admits charge.

October 10 - Fined £2,000 and warned as to his future conduct by the FA.

2007: January 16 - Everton bid for Barton rejected by Manchester City.

Barton's agent, Willie McKay, reveals the midfielder has a £5.5million release clause in his contract, suggesting Everton triggered this clause.

February 2 - Earns first call-up to senior England squad for friendly against Spain.

February 7 - Makes England debut as a 78th-minute substitute.

February 21 - Cleared of making obscene gestures towards Portsmouth fans due to insufficient evidence.

March 13 - Arrested on suspicion of assault and criminal damage in an incident involving a taxi driver. He is later charged with criminal damage, which he denies.

April 21 - Barton says City fans are "not getting value for money" when watching the club at Eastlands and said the club had not signed quality players.

May 1 - Suspended by City for the rest of the season after training ground altercation with Ousmane Dabo.

June 2 - Admits he may be open to offers from other clubs.

June 5 - City give Newcastle permission to talk to the player after they make a bid.

June 14 - Completes £5.8million move to St James' Park.

July 21 - Breaks a metatarsal in a pre-season meeting with Carlisle.

August 2 - Charged with assault over training ground incident involving Dabo.

October 4 - Appears in court charged with Dabo assault. Indicates he will plead not guilty.

October 22 - Makes Newcastle debut in 3-1 victory over Tottenham.

December 1 - Barton causes controversy on Tyneside by describing the St James' Park crowd as "vicious".

December 27 - Arrested in Liverpool city centre in connection with an allegation of assault.

December 28 - Charged with common assault and affray and refused bail.

2008: January 3 - Released from custody after being granted bail.

January 16 - Appears in court in Liverpool over allegations of assault and affray.

March 12 - Appears in court charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray.

May 20 - Admits assault and affray and is jailed for six months at Liverpool Crown Court.

July 1 - Receives four-month suspended sentence for assaulting Dabo.

July 28 - Released from prison.

July 31 - The FA charge Barton with violent conduct over the Dabo incident.

August 13 - Barton admits the FA charge.

August 30 - Barton returns to first-team action by making a substitute appearance for Newcastle away to Arsenal.

September 5 - Banned by the FA for 12 matches - six of which are suspended - and fined £25,000 after admitting violent conduct charge in relation to the Dabo incident.

2009: May 3 - Sent-off against Liverpool for late challenge on Xabi Alonso. Receives subsequent criticism from Newcastle manager Alan Shearer.

May 5 - Suspended until further notice by Newcastle.

This guy is an absolute mess!! I can't believe that it is possible for one human being to do ALL of that in a relatively short amount of time no less. He should be out of football. No team in the right mind should ever sign this guy!

My thoughts exactly, i really hope no one else takes him on, just my luck it will be big Sam, he was the guy who brought him to St James' Park after all, he also seems to like thugs bringing Diouf to Ewood too.......

Haha hadn't actually heard half of that stuff. He just should not be allowed to play, any manager that signs him is a fool.
I had to laugh as Barton claimed it wasn't a foul as he walked off the pitch on Sunday.

Yeah what a joke, trying to get out of that tackle, FIFA should just ban him from professional football, they do all this stuff to stop the Hooligan fans, why don't players come under the same rules?

December - Stubbed a lit cigar into the eye of young team-mate Jamie Tandy during club's Christmas party. Fined six weeks' wages by City. Forced to pay four weeks' salary - approximately £60,000 - immediately, with a further two weeks suspended for a year.

^^^^That for me is the worst thing he did, from what i remember the kid was only 16 or something, what a complete Muppet, get him banned, shame because he was looking a promising player at one time.

lol that is redic