Person: Joey Barton

Former international Wes Hoolahan a man in demand in Football League
Former international Wes Hoolahan a man in demand in Football League

Former Republic of Ireland international Wes Hoolahan is wanted by League One outfits Oxford United and Fleetwood Town.

Tue, 28 Aug, 2018

Carabao Cup second round draw pits West Ham against AFC Wimbledon
Carabao Cup second round draw pits West Ham against AFC Wimbledon

West Ham will take on League One club AFC Wimbledon in the second round of the Carabao Cup.

Thu, 16 Aug, 2018

The season in guff
The season in guff

TWO MINDS: Chris Kamara made the most of a rare seat on the ‘Soccer Saturday’ panel:

Mon, 14 May, 2018

Grappling with our gambling problem without the facts
Grappling with our gambling problem without the facts

The 2018 GAA season has begun in earnest. One of the key talking points is whether Galway will retain their All-Ireland hurling title, writes Jack Anderson.

Thu, 01 Feb, 2018

Joey Barton: Gambling ’culturally ingrained’ in English football
Joey Barton: Gambling ’culturally ingrained’ in English football

Joey Barton believes gambling is "culturally ingrained" in English football.

Tue, 23 Jan, 2018

Lip-readers have landed football in a very dangerous game
Lip-readers have landed football in a very dangerous game

Interpretation can be a wonderful thing, it has the ability to decipher and unite in the form of

Mon, 15 Jan, 2018

Bolton Wanderers v Crystal Palace - Emirates FA Cup - Third Round - Macron Stadium
Sam Allardyce reveals he spoke to Crystal Palace chairman today, but rules out return

Sam Allardyce has ruled out returning to Crystal Palace after Frank de Boer was sacked just four matches into the Premier League season.

Mon, 11 Sep, 2017

Rafael Benitez dismisses claims he is fuelling negativity surrounding Newcastle
Rafael Benitez dismisses claims he is fuelling negativity surrounding Newcastle

Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez has brushed aside claims he is fuelling the negativity surrounding the club.

Tue, 22 Aug, 2017

Niall Quinn feels for Athlone players who are ‘victims’
Niall Quinn feels for Athlone players who are ‘victims’

Irish football legend Niall Quinn says he feels for any Athlone Town players who are innocent of wrongdoing, as the FAI launches an investigation into irregular betting patterns around the club’s 3-1 defeat to Longford Town in the League of Ireland First Division last Saturday.

Fri, 05 May, 2017

Joey Barton pays the price for football’s wages of sin
Joey Barton pays the price for football’s wages of sin
The Secret Footballer has been immersed in gambling culture all his career and knows Joey Barton is an easy fall guy.

Mon, 01 May, 2017

Banned Joey Barton accuses football of hedging bets
Banned Joey Barton accuses football of hedging bets

Joey Barton has called on football to reconsider its links with the gambling industry after the Football Association banned him for 18 months for breaking its betting rules.

Thu, 27 Apr, 2017

Anthony Martial, Wayne Rooney step into breach
Anthony Martial, Wayne Rooney step into breach

Anthony Martial and Wayne Rooney, strikers at contrasting stages of their Manchester United careers, emerged from the shadow cast by the injury to Zlatan Ibrahimovic and invigorated their team’s hopes of an unlikely top-four Premier League finish.

Mon, 24 Apr, 2017

Burnley ease relegation fears with win over Stoke
Burnley ease relegation fears with win over Stoke

George Boyd's first-time finish put Burnley well on the way to Premier League safety as they ended an eight-match winless streak with victory over Stoke at Turf Moor.

Tue, 04 Apr, 2017

Emre shows Liverpool can hang among top four
Emre shows Liverpool can hang among top four

Liverpool 2 Burnley 1: With one casual, but extremely accurate, swing of his right boot, Emre Can settled this unpredictable game and possibly shifted the momentum of Liverpool’s troublingly inconsistent season.

Mon, 13 Mar, 2017

Six lessons from Semple Stadium thriller: Bumper crowd but shame so few saw it on TV
Six lessons from Semple Stadium thriller: Bumper crowd but shame so few saw it on TV
John Fogarty analyses the key takeaways from Tipperary and Kilkenny’s thrilling draw in Thurles.

Mon, 13 Mar, 2017

Robbie Brady: 'I want to show what I’m about in the Premier League'
Robbie Brady: 'I want to show what I’m about in the Premier League'

A small piece of Robbie Brady’s past with St Kevin’s Boys Club in Dublin bore witness to his immediate impact on this season’s Premier League title race at Turf Moor on Sunday — even if the Burnley newcomer still expected a verbal volley from a watching Roy Keane.

Tue, 14 Feb, 2017

Robbie Brady stings Antonio Conte again
Robbie Brady stings Antonio Conte again

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Mon, 13 Feb, 2017

Jose Mourinho: Premier League ‘most defensive yet’
Jose Mourinho: Premier League ‘most defensive yet’

Mourinho is now the Premier League’s style counsel

Mon, 13 Feb, 2017

Alan Shearer: I doubt I’ll go back to management
Alan Shearer: I doubt I’ll go back to management
It’s a select club. The likes of Shay Given, Joey Barton, Damien Duff and myself. Lads who’ve been coached briefly by Alan Shearer, writes Larry Ryan.

Wed, 01 Feb, 2017

Middlesbrough v Liverpool - Premier League - Riverside Stadium
The week in Fantasy Premier League: Transfer window strategy, the Nathan Ake problem, and going 3-5-2
Fashions come and go in Fantasy Premier League just as in life, and in case you haven’t heard - 3-5-2 is so hot right now.

Fri, 13 Jan, 2017

Sunderland v Burnley - Emirates FA Cup - Third Round - Stadium of Light
Draw means FA Cup replay for Sunderland and Burnley

Even Joey Barton could not inspire Burnley as they played out an FA Cup third round stalemate at Sunderland.

Sat, 07 Jan, 2017

Evening briefing: Teenager stabbed to death in Dublin. Catch up on all the headlines
Evening briefing: Teenager stabbed to death in Dublin. Catch up on all the headlines

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Thu, 05 Jan, 2017

Rangers: It’s the Old Firm but not as we know it
Rangers: It’s the Old Firm but not as we know it
Take a cursory glance at the Scottish Premier League table and it might seem as if, after a period of four years, normal service has finally been resumed, with Rangers trailing leaders Celtic as they go into today’s high noon Hogmanay derby at Ibrox.

Sat, 31 Dec, 2016

Jeff Hendrick: A special feeling around this Irish squad
Jeff Hendrick: A special feeling around this Irish squad
Jeff Hendrick reckons that winning is believing and believing is winning for an Irish side who will go into 2017 sitting pretty atop their World Cup qualifying group after that historic 1-0 victory in Vienna on Saturday.

Tue, 15 Nov, 2016

Evening briefing: Trump arrives at White House for Obama meeting. Catch up on all the headlines
Evening briefing: Trump arrives at White House for Obama meeting. Catch up on all the headlines

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Thu, 10 Nov, 2016

Joey Barton File Photo
Joey Barton set for Rangers talks to resolve future

Joey Barton will hold talks with Rangers on Thursday as the first step in resolving the midfielder's future.

Wed, 26 Oct, 2016

Cormac MacConnell: Nightmare end for Cormac’s castaways
Cormac MacConnell: Nightmare end for Cormac’s castaways
I had a lovely dream last night I just have to tell ye about.

Thu, 06 Oct, 2016

Joey Barton File Photo
Weeks after being banished from club, Rangers' Joey Barton now faces betting charges

Joey Barton has been issued with a notice of complaint by the Scottish Football Association after being accused of betting on football matches.

Wed, 05 Oct, 2016

Graeme Souness wants Rangers to forgive 'charming' Joey Barton
Graeme Souness wants Rangers to forgive 'charming' Joey Barton
Their former manager has urged Rangers to broker a peace deal with suspended star.

Mon, 26 Sep, 2016

Stan Collymore: Martin O’Neill was 'the biggest influence in my 14-year career'
Stan Collymore: Martin O’Neill was 'the biggest influence in my 14-year career'
Stan Collymore was 28 and already had half a dozen senior clubs behind him when he played under Martin O’Neill at Leicester City but, even though they only had six months together, the former Liverpool, Aston Villa and England striker has no hesitation in hailing Ireland’s manager as the “biggest influence” in his career.

Thu, 15 Sep, 2016

Why Portugal values Pepe The Unpopular
Why Portugal values Pepe The Unpopular

Portuguese defender Pepe doesn’t exactly make himself easy to like — one brutal temper tantrum, the kind that would make even Joey Barton blush, earned him a 10-match ban at Real Madrid after he raked his studs down the back of an opponent in 2009.

Wed, 06 Jul, 2016

Attack proves best form of defence for Ireland to hold Ibrahimovic
Attack proves best form of defence for Ireland to hold Ibrahimovic

L’Equipe, France’s daily sports bible, ran a piece on the eve of the tournament on the players most likely to take our breath away and leave a glittering body of work in their wake.

Tue, 14 Jun, 2016

Life after Bill O'Herlihy as TV3 join battle of the box
Life after Bill O'Herlihy as TV3 join battle of the box
What the four main TV channels are bringing to Euro 2016.

Sun, 12 Jun, 2016

I haven’t joined Liverpool to play second fiddle to Simon Mignolet, insists Loris Karius
I haven’t joined Liverpool to play second fiddle to Simon Mignolet, insists Loris Karius
New Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius has warned Simon Mignolet he has come to Anfield to be the club’s number one.

Wed, 25 May, 2016

Rangers boss says Brendan Rodgers will bring ‘highest quality’ to Celtic if he takes over
Rangers boss says Brendan Rodgers will bring ‘highest quality’ to Celtic if he takes over
Rangers boss Mark Warburton believes Old Firm rivals Celtic will be getting a manager of the “highest quality” if they persuade Brendan Rodgers to take over.

Fri, 20 May, 2016

Joey Barton in talks with Rangers over transfer
Joey Barton in talks with Rangers over transfer

Rangers are in talks with Joey Barton over a move to Ibrox, it is understood.

Sat, 14 May, 2016

Catch-up with what you've missed so far today with our lunchtime briefing
Catch-up with what you've missed so far today with our lunchtime briefing

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Tue, 10 May, 2016

Football fans made a hash of Twitter
Football fans made a hash of Twitter
Nostalgia is an awareness that we ruin everything. And so it is with Twitter, which will celebrate its 10th birthday on Monday, with everyone pining for the good old days of 2011 or 2012.

Sat, 19 Mar, 2016

Five things we learned from Liverpool v Manchester United
Five things we learned from Liverpool v Manchester United
Samba star lights up Old Trafford

Fri, 18 Mar, 2016

The boy David Forde Dunne good — he’s made Millwall’s top XI
The boy David Forde Dunne good — he’s made Millwall’s top XI
David Forde might be struggling to get a starting place for club and country at the moment but he has just made it into a best-ever Millwall XI.

Tue, 15 Mar, 2016

Diego Costa unlikely to be disciplined after Gareth Barry says he wasn't bitten
Diego Costa unlikely to be disciplined after Gareth Barry says he wasn't bitten

Diego Costa is unlikely to face disciplinary action having appeared to bite Everton midfielder Gareth Barry during Chelsea's 2-0 FA Cup quarter-final defeat.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

Replacing Steven Gerrard tough act
Replacing Steven Gerrard tough act

Liverpool 2 QPR 1: With just one more Anfield performance to go in a career that marks him down as one of Liverpool’s greats, Steven Gerrard gave another reminder of just how badly he will be missed.

Mon, 04 May, 2015

Sunderland and Villa wins move Magpies closer to relegation
Sunderland and Villa wins move Magpies closer to relegation

Newcastle boss John Carver suspected defender Mike Williamson of deliberately getting himself sent off as the Magpies’ 3-0 loss at Leicester left them in the thick of a Barclays Premier League relegation battle.

Sat, 02 May, 2015

Joey Barton targets late surge for QPR
Joey Barton targets late surge for QPR

West Brom 1 QPR 4: Joey Barton has urged QPR to use their win over West Brom as a springboard for survival.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2015

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