And if the FA panel would like to look at exhibit a)

Charles Wiggins QC: And what is it you were sent off for?

Joey Barton: Violent conduct, it carries a three game ban.

Charles Wiggins QC: In that video you appear to be angry, throw an elbow at two players and then apparently push your head towards someone else's, I can see see how this would be construed as violent conduct. As Friedrich Nietzsche said 'If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.'

Posted By: Klobo04, Jan 3, 20:54:47