My dad was preparing me for a life in Knowsley and Huyton, one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. A Labour heartland that becomes austerity heartland when the Tories are in power. Your options aren't the same as… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
A lot of institutions and other sports are quite liberal and forward thinking but, for some strange reason, football has never adequately broached the topic of sexuality. It speaks out about racism and uses the power it has as a… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
I was a 22-year-old lad, I had 40,000 fans going to the game, and if I didn't play well, I was under this enormous pressure. — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
As a player I set out to become the best player in the world. Obviously I don't live in a fantasy world, and I… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
There's not a man in there who doesn't regret it. You're in there. You're on your own. Everyone is at their lowest ebb. Prison… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
I will regret that I wasn't successful at Rangers but all the negativity of that will help me be successful as a coach. — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
If I could get The Smiths back together that would top anything I could achieve on the football pitch. — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
We're a working class game and we're lads who've come from nothing and all of a sudden are seen by society to earn an… — Joey Barton Copy Share Image
