Joey Barton called an "utter t***" as rant tells fans to "strap your d**** on"

09 December 2023 , 17:25

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Joey Barton has continued his rant against women pundits

Joey Barton continued his days-long social media tirade about women in football, following backlash against his comments.

Barton, who won one senior England cap and played his club football in England, Scotland and France, has received pushback from the likes of Emma Hayes, Laura Woods and Bianca Westwood following social media comments. He doubled down during an interview with Piers Morgan, and has done so again in fresh social media posts.

The former Fleetwood Town and Bristol Rovers manager, who recently found himself out of work after being sacked by the latter, shared a video of his sons playing football at home and accompanied it with a long post in which he claimed "The British, White, Middle Aged men is under attack." This, along with several further posts, saw fans share their disagreements with the 41-year-old.

"These two young men already kicking that ball better at 16 months and 5 years," Barton wrote. "If they have a fantastic career in the game. Like their dad did. When they stop playing and are middle aged, there will be no jobs for them in the football industry because they are white, middle aged and male. In the Men’s game.

"Because the aren’t the right ethnicity. They don’t tick those tokenistic boxes. Because they are British men. How can that be right in the English Premier League?

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"We have to take this fight up for future generations. This is not about us. The British, White, Middle Aged men is under attack."

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Joey Barton has continued posting on social media after appearing on TV (PiersMorganUncensored/Youtube)

Laura Woods was among the broadcasters to hit back following Joey Barton's comments (PA)

The rant continued, with Barton urging his fans to "Strap your d****" on Monday. "We have to get to work before the Simps, the Feminist’s, the Racists and the Woke get there way [sic]," he added.

"They’re intent on destroying everything because they are weak and talentless. They want to pull everyone and everything down. Take my boys future away? And thousands of young lads across this great land. Not on my watch. You’re going to have to kill me you c***s."

A number of fans criticised Barton's comments, with one saying "Joey Barton there, not that he needed to but here he is once again proving that he’s a complete and utter t***". Another, meanwhile, was clearly unhappy to have the one-time QPR captain associated with the club they support.

"Hi Joey. Please can you remove the @QPR tag from your profile?" They wrote. "You were an embarrassment when you played for us and nobody connected with the club wants you associated with us. Cheers."

Earlier in the weekend, incoming United States Women's National Team manager Emma Hayes had responded to the debate around Barton's words. While she didn't want to get drawn into the actions of individuals, she felt it worth recognising the need to better understand the history of women in football.

"Look, I think the broader issues that need to be addressed, I’m not going to pollute or dilute that conversation by making it about personality of individuals," Hayes said. "The realities are that male privilege has been something that’s always been at the centre of football in this country.

"Women were banned playing football up until the 1970s. I don’t expect any individual personality to understand their privilege, nonetheless you only have to see scores of women across the internet or in the business, whether you’re a presenter, a coach or a player to realise that we’re routinely used to dealing with systemic misogyny, bullying, and behaviour that has been pretty normal for a large part of the football public."

Tom Victor