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Joey Barton

(1982) Association Football Player

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Joey Barton is an association football player, best known for No nonsense.

Quick Facts About Joey Barton

Born: September 2, 1982
Profession: Association Football Player
Notable works: No nonsense

About Joey Barton

Joseph Anthony Barton is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Barton made 269 appearances in the Premier League, including 130 for Manchester City; he was most recently the manager of League One side Bristol Rovers.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Joey Barton

There is no perfect human being out there.

Being

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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…

Fans

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I came from a very violent background.

Background

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As a player I set out to become the best player in the world. Obviously I don't live in a fantasy world,…

Best

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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…

Great

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I'm peculiar and a weirdo. That's me.

Me

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I love Newcastle.

I love

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I am not alone in football in having a problem with gambling.

Alone

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I will regret that I wasn't successful at Rangers but all the negativity of that will help me be successful as a…

Coach

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If I could get The Smiths back together that would top anything I could achieve on the football pitch.

Achieve

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I'm not a robot. But the way I communicate means I polarise people.

Communicate

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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…

Come

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My dad was preparing me for a life in Knowsley and Huyton, one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. A…

Born

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I'm in a contact sport.

Contact

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Just heard Paul Scholes has retired, best I’ve ever played against by a mile. Most technically gifted player in english history. Legend.

English history

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I was at school and trying to fit in, like most kids, I didn't want to be outside the herd. Then all…

Character

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You could have told me until you were blue in the face that I was on a road to destruction and the…

Blue

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I see pundits on the box, saying kids will watch 'Match of the Day' and copy what they see, but if you…

Children

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Things happen for a reason and there's a lesson to be learned from it.

Lesson

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I am influenced hugely by American sport.

Am

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I know myself and I know it's dangerous if I just internalise everything.

Dangerous

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That feeling of being powerless, apart from making some tactical changes, is tough for somebody like me.

Being

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My reputation will always precede me to the day I die. For some people, that probably can't be quickly enough.

Dies

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Management is the perfect job because when my mind is focused it's incredibly productive. When it gets unfocused or I have lots…

Free

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I don't switch off at 5 P.M. I am obsessive and compulsive about what I do, so my personal and professional lives…

About

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