To put it mildly, no. But having said that it will probably be a more interesting read than someone like James Milner's. I'm sure there will be excerpts that we'll manage to get hold of from elsewhere.
It would seem that those of you who want him back could get your wish, as there is a chance he may not play for the "Gers" ever again http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37412917
It appears he is now being done for football betting offences. http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport...y-barton-faces-celtic-betting-probe-1-8135583 Lets see you be fu&&ing Philosophical about that, you twat.
All over the news up here, apparently the heiracrchy at Rangers want rid ASAP, and he's supposed to have said in his book that he regrets joing Rangers, which will endear him to all their fans!!
There was an interview with the legend himself in the Times today, ostensibly to promote his autobiography "Look What A ****ing Twat I Am" or somesuch title. I started reading it in the reception area of a business that I was visiting, but unfortunately my host arrived to whisk me away to a meeting room before I could finish it all. I did, however, digest the following little gems: At the age of three he was savaged by a dog, so Joseph Barton Snr, clearly an exemplary parent, duly ran over said canine a few times for good order before threatening the mutt's owner with extreme acts of violence if he didn't **** off. When Our Joey was bullied on his way home from school, Joseph The Elder didn't hand out Rich Tea and Sympathy, but instead told our hero to take a large baseball bat and get after the bullies and crack a few skulls, which our hero duly did. I was aware that Barton's brother was inside following a racially-provoked murder, but I paid insufficient attention previously and hence was unaware that his cousin was also inside for the same killing and that the weapon of choice was a large ice axe. Quite a charming bloodline. The People's Footballing Philosopher is delaying his own wedding for another few years because his best man, whom I believe he befriended whilst doing his own celebrated stretch of porridge some years back (but I could be wrong on this) is still inside doing a stretch for punching a policeman full in the mush and killing him. For some reason I find myself thinking of Biffa Bacon and his family in Viz.
Shame he's not Big Vern. Now that he's been rumbled he could perhaps shoot his own brains out wiv a sawn orf.
