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    FA must be cruel to be kind

    By Dominic Raynor

    Tuesday, November 4, 2008

    Following Joey Barton's release from prison, after being sentenced to six months for his part in an assault in Liverpool city centre, the Newcastle United player told the world that he was a changed man and wanted to become role model for youngsters. But only two full games into his rehabilitation, after serving a six-match ban handed out by the FA for an unconnected assault on Ousmane Dabo whilst at Manchester City, the hot-headed Magpies midfielder is back in the headlines for all the wrong ...

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