The incident happened at Christmas in 2004.
Like many of you, Joey Barton was watching Arsenal’s 2-1 win against Manchester City this evening but the former Man City, Newcastle and QPR midfielder wasn’t just discussing the win for Wenger’s side.
In a series of tweets, it’s clear that Barton took umbrage with claims that were made by a former teammate of his at Man City.
In an article in The Mirror, Jamie Tandy claimed that an assault by Barton ultimately caused his career to go into free fall. You may remember the incident, it occurred in Christmas ’04 and it involved the former Marseille man stubbing out a cigar in Tandy’s eye.
Since the incident with Barton, the paper state that Tandy has been convicted of assaulting a previous partner in 2010 and he also pleaded guilty to common assault in a separate but more recent incident.
Here’s what Barton had to say about the article and the incident.
He was a gobshite a long time before I went anywhere near him. How many times is a judge going to buy his shit? https://t.co/vTi9g8Cnag
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) December 21, 2015
Drink driving multiple times, pulled a knife on a fellow player, beat his former girlfriend up in 2010. And now beats his current one up?
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) December 21, 2015
Reason he never made it was he was simply overweight and lacked desire and talent. Nobody to blame but himself.
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) December 21, 2015
He forgets that he set my shirt on fire before I used him as an ashtray. Doesn't condone my reaction. But he was far from a innocent victim.
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) December 21, 2015
How can you possibly hit women on multiple occasions and blame an incident a decade earlier.
Men who hit women are nothing but shithouses.
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) December 21, 2015
At the end of the day. In this World you are responsible for your own actions.
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) December 21, 2015
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