Mark Hughes will decide what club punishment to hand down to captain Joey Barton for his conduct during yesterday’s 3-2 defeat to Manchester City, QPR owner Tony Fernandes said today.

Joey Barton today denied trying to deflect attention away from his behaviour at Manchester City as he waited to learn whether faced a nine-match ban.

Bobby Robson returned to the scene of his worst moment in football – and then vowed to forget all about it.