On Tuesday we brought you a video exclusive of Joey Barton explaining his reasons behind writing his autobiography ‘No Nonsense’, and on Wednesday Barton discussed his first night in prison.
Now, in the third of four videos, Joey talks to author Michael Calvin about his time at Newcastle.
In a sit-down conversation with Calvin, Barton discusses his thoughts on how Newcastle were run during his time there from 2007 to 2011, and what, if anything, he would change.
“All football clubs are ran differently,” he says. “Could they have done things better? If you look back at the past, we could all have handled things a lot better. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
“If we were able to go back and changes lots of things, I’d be the first to throw my hands up and say, ‘yeah, can I get cracking?'”
For more on Barton’s spell at Newcastle, read his compelling autobiography, in which he writes, of an altercation with then-manager Alan Pardew in 2011:
‘When Fabricio Coloccini, who spoke little English, was named as Newcastle’s new captain I knew my days were numbered, and that the club was changing around me.
‘That was a deliberately provocative act, since it belittled me in the eyes of my team-mates. I went mad, told Pardew to **** off, and refused to shake his hand before the game.
‘I was ordered to train alone, and made available on a free transfer.
‘I wasn’t going to bow and scrape to the likes of Llambias and Ashley.
‘I was at war with them, and had the means to answer back on my own terms. Newcastle United sent me a legal letter, warning that I would be in breach of contract if I used my Twitter account to comment on club affairs, but it was too late, the genie was already out of the bottle.’
You can buy the book here from Amazon.
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