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Posts: 1,424May 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18184132
Joey Barton: A troubled career
On Wednesday he was issued with a 12-match ban after being found guilty of two counts of violent conduct during Rangers' 3-2 defeat by Manchester City on the final day of the Premier League season. Here, BBC Sport reflects on some of the moments that have made headlines during the 29-year-old's career.On 20 May 2008 Barton was jailed for six months after admitting the charges.
In May 2009 he was sent off against Liverpool for a late challenge on Xabi Alonso. He received subsequent criticism by the then Newcastle boss Alan Shearer and was suspended by the club two days later.
That December he was fined six weeks' wages by City after stubbing a lit cigar in the eye of young team-mate Jamie Tandy at the club's Christmas party. He was forced to pay four weeks' salary - approximately £60,000 - immediately, with a further two weeks suspended for a year. Tandy later sued Barton, winning £65,000 in damages.
Seven months later he was fined again by the club, this time eight weeks' wages, after being found guilty of gross misconduct. The midfielder was involved in an altercation with a 15-year-old Everton fan at City's team hotel in Bangkok during a pre-season tour and sent home.
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