BARTON SORRY OVER HIS DISASTER REMARK

By Cal Thompson

JOEY Barton has apologised for comments he made comparing a poor Bristol Rovers performance to the Holocaust.The Pirates manager made the analogy in a post-match press conference following his side’s 3-1 defeat at home to Newport County.Sitting down with the press on Thursday, Barton issued an apology, saying: “I’m just going to say there were some comments made after the press conference last week where clearly no offence was meant, but some people have rightly pointed out to me the use of the analogy was not correct.“The FA wrote to me...

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