You can take the boy out of Liverpool.... (Video)

Joey Barton; you can't take him anywhere. With news of his latest bust up in Marseille it just shows that the man can't resist the urge to get involved in some form of violent activity.

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Strikers get another chance

In a week dominated by the long-awaited return of the domestic season together with the back-pages being awash with transfer rumour and speculation ahead of next week’s closing of the summer window, many stories are likely to resonate more than two transfer deals involving players who once held high stock in Europe only to see their star fall with the same ruthlessness they once displayed in front of goal on a regular basis.

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QPR may count cost of reckless ambition

Queens Park Rangers are in trouble. On a run of one win in sixteen games, the home win over basement club Wigan Athletic being the solitary victory by the side of Mark Hughes’ name since he took the Loftus Road post, opened up by the reactionary sacking of Neil Warnock.

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Football shaking off its murky past

Documenting the decline of the football hooligan, through the tragic watershed that caused the sport to change its face.

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What’s Wrong with Experimentation?

International friendlies almost divide as much opinion as fellow controversies Marmite, Joey Barton and Brussels sprouts - you either love them or hate them.

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Philospohical Barton a changed man

The words Controversial and Outspoken spring to mind when you think of Joey Barton. But even more so is the word ‘frustrating’. On his day Barton is as good as any midfielder in the Premier League, but has let his off-field dramas and his temperament overshadow what a fine player he really is.

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Arsenal must look for help at home

In 1930, Herbert Chapman, one of the most successful, innovative and forward thinking football managers in the history of the beautiful game, signed a young Austrian goalkeeper called Rudi Hiden for Arsenal. The transfer was about as unlikely as today’s Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, signing an English player, for international transfers, in the 1930’s, were almost unheard of.

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Is Joey Barton a hero or a villain?

Whilst there have been many players who have gained the marmite status with football fans over the years (Robbie Savage), the most compelling of those has got to be Joey. The regrettable actions over the weekend have further enhanced this debate once more. Whilst Barton’s poignant tweets about George Washington have displayed intelligence, his theatrical tumble has again shrouded him in controversy. 

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Tweets, the press and the authorities

Football and Twitter is all the rage at the moment, what with Joey Barton attempts to transform himself into a Scouse Che Guevara/ George Orwell hybrid and Mick McCarthy’s Louise Mench-esque attempts to ban the site.

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Self Destruction or Re-Construction: A Newcastle United Story 

2 years ago today, the proud Toon Army were preparing themselves for the inaugural match of the Coca-Cola Championship after falling victim to relegation from the Premiership, nobody believed it until it would happen, but fans and pundits alike were awestruck when the Tynesiders faced the drop. Not even the prodigal son Alan Shearer could save them from dropping out of the top tier of English football.

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Barton to appeal 2 weeks wages fine

Former City midfielder fined 2 weeks wages as saga continues...

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