Wise cracking media smoothy Joey Barton has found no reply to a classic tweet from Leigh Griffiths.
The discovery of some Celtic themed Russian dolls created amusement on twitter with the hoops striker unable to avoid another dig at Barton who managed to play in five SPFL games for the tribute act.
I’d have thought you’d have found Barton ???? https://t.co/IE24g8I4xy
— #Shorty (@Leighgriff09) December 25, 2016
Maw found Celtic Russian dolls whilst in Prague and I’m not sure I’ll ever sleep again pic.twitter.com/AR3yWb7vzg
— David Flanigan (@DavFlan) December 25, 2016
After the joy of agreeing a new contract with Burnley it seems that Barton may have to concentrate on his media career for a little longer.
The 34-year-old has been hit with an FA charge of placing 1,260 bets on football matches between 2006 and 2016.
Until 2014 English based players could bet on matches outwith the competitions that they were playing in.
With charges going back to 2006 the ‘former England internationalist’ is almost certainly facing charges of betting on games played in his own division and possibly involving his own club.
While the SFA prefer a softly softly approach to players breaking gambling restrictions Barton could effectively be put out of football for good if he was to get a ten match ban.
The ban will only become effective once he finds a new club meaning that any club looking to sign the 34-year-old will do so knowing that it could be two months before they get a look at their box office signing.
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