Joey Barton

**Joseph Anthony "Joey" Barton** (born 2 September 1982) is an English footballer.

Barton was born and raised in Hutyon, Merseyside. In 2011, his son was born.

Barton played as a midfielder for Queens Park Rangers from 2011-2015, after which he moved between minor clubs before turning to management. He played for Manchester City from 2002 to 2007, where he received 39 bookings and three red cards. He scored an international goal at Goodison Park, Liverpool on 9 September 2003 whilst playing for the England Under-21 team against Portugal. He played for Newcastle United from 2007 to 2011. He played for Olympique de Marseille for the 2012-2013 season.

Barton has convictions for common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray, as well as being sentenced to six months in custody, suspended for 18 months, over a series of offensive social media posts between January and March 2024. Judge Andrew Menary KC described Barton as “not a man of previous good character”.

He has previously served a prison sentence and a suspended sentence. He has also been charged with violent conduct three times by The Football Association for attacking other players. The court and FA proceedings and sentences, along with being sent off and banned from matches, has interrupted his professional career many times.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=6|Manchester City|2002–03|Premier League|7|1|0|0|0|0|—|7|1||
|2003–04|Premier League|28|1|4|0|2|0|5|0|39|1|||
|2004–05|Premier League|31|1|1|0|1|1|—|33|2||||
|2005–06|Premier League|31|6|5|0|0|0|—|36|6||||
|2006–07|Premier League|33|6|4|1|1|0|—|38|7||||
|rowspan=6|Newcastle United|2007–08|Premier League|23|1|0|0|0|0|—|23|1||
|2008–09|Premier League|9|1|0|0|0|0|—|9|1||||
|2009–10|Championship|15|1|0|0|0|0|—|15|1||||
|2010–11|Premier League|32|4|1|1|2|0|—|35|5||||
|2011–12|Premier League|2|0|—|0|0|—|2|0|||||
|rowspan=5|Queens Park Rangers|2011–12|Premier League|31|3|1|0|—|—|32|3|||
|2012–13|Premier League|0|0|—|0|0|—|0|0|||||
|2013–14|Championship|34|3|1|0|1|0|3|0|39|3|||
|2014–15|Premier League|28|1|0|0|0|0|—|28|1||||
|Marseille (loan)|2012–13||Ligue 1|25|0|3|0|0|0|5|1|33|1|
|Burnley|2015–16|Championship|38|3|2|0|—|—|40|3||||
|Rangers|2016–17|Scottish Premiership|5|0|—|3|0|—|8|0||||
|Burnley|2016–17|Premier League|14|1|4|0|—|—|18|1||||

### International

- Source:

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|England|2007|1|0|

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Fleetwood Town|align=left|2 June 2018|align=left|4 January 2021|||
|align=left|Bristol Rovers|align=left|22 February 2021|align=left|26 October 2023|||

### As a player

**Newcastle United**
- Football League Championship: 2009–10

**Queens Park Rangers**
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2013–14

**Burnley**
- Football League Championship: 2015–16

**Individual**
- Manchester City Young Player of the Year: 2003–04
- The Football League Team of the Season: 2015–16
- Burnley Player of the Year: 2015–16
- PFA Team of the Year: 2015–16 Championship

### As a manager

**Bristol Rovers**
- EFL League Two third-place promotion: 2021–22

**Individual**
- EFL League One Manager of the Month: September 2019
- EFL League Two Manager of the Month: March 2022

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Joey Barton
- **image**: JoeyBarton.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Barton in 2005
- **fullname**: Joseph Anthony Barton
- **birth place**: Huyton, England
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: –1996
- **youthclubs1**: Everton F.C. Reserves and Academy, Everton
- **youthyears2**: 1996
- **youthclubs2**: Liverpool F.C. Reserves and Academy, Liverpool
- **youthyears3**: 1997–2002
- **youthclubs3**: Manchester City F.C. Reserves and Academy, Manchester City
- **years1**: 2002–2007
- **clubs1**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps1**: 130
- **goals1**: 15
- **years2**: 2007–2011
- **clubs2**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps2**: 81
- **goals2**: 7
- **years3**: 2011–2015
- **clubs3**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **caps3**: 93
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 2012–2013
- **clubs4**: → Olympique de Marseille, Marseille (loan)
- **caps4**: 25
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2015–2016
- **clubs5**: Burnley F.C., Burnley
- **caps5**: 38
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 2016
- **clubs6**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **caps6**: 5
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2017
- **clubs7**: Burnley F.C., Burnley
- **caps7**: 14
- **goals7**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2003
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2007
- **nationalteam2**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **club-update**: 22:50, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 22:50, 20 July 2017 (UTC)