Philosopher with a button that sets off Armageddon

By Chris Dunlavy

ALL-SMILES: Joey Barton is relishing his new challenge at Fleetwood Town
PICTURE: Action Images

PROFILE ON JOEY BARTON FLEETWOOD MANAGER
JOEY Barton has quoted everyone from Nietzsche to Morrissey, but it was the Arctic Monkeys to whom he turned when asked to describe himself by GQ in 2012.
“Whatever you say I am, that’s what I’m not,” said the 35-year-old. Ever has it proved over a fascinating decade of controversy and contradiction. Those who wrote off Barton as a thug and a criminal, a man, in the words of Henry Winter, &ldqu...

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