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    Barton walks tightrope as Toon off the bottom

    By Soccernet staff

    Tuesday, November 4, 2008

    Newcastle United won 2-0 at home over Aston Villa thanks to a brace from Obafemi Martins to take the club out of the bottom three and bolster Joe Kinnear's hopes of landing the manger's job fulltime, but despite such positive news controversial midfielder Joey Barton emerged as the main talking point from Monday night's game. The 26-year-old was involved in a first half altercation with Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor in which Barton appeared to raise a hand to the striker and make contact with hi ...

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