Cheeky Barton mars City fightback

STUART PEARCE is hoping common sense prevails when the FA review Joey Barton’s latest disciplinary indiscretion.

The 24-year-old’s chequered past includes an assault on a schoolboy Everton fan in a Bangkok bar which resulted in him being sent home in disgrace from an official pre-season competition last summer.

The former Everton trainee from Huyton certainly has history with the Toffees and was taunted by their supporters on Saturday over the jailing of brother Michael for the murder of Anthony Walker.