Joey Barton ‘only person I saw’ after tunnel incident, rival manager tells court

Bristol Rovers manager Joey Barton arrives at Sheffield Crown Court (Danny Lawson/PA)

A football manager has told a jury how the only person he saw after he was shoved into a metal post in the tunnel after a League One match, injuring his face, was rival coach Joey Barton.

Daniel Stendel was giving evidence at the trial of former England international Barton who is accused of assaulting the German coach at the end of a match between Barnsley and Fleetwood Town, at the South Yorkshire team’s Oakwell Stadium, on April 13 2019.