ASTON VILLA v NEWCASTLE UNITED - Bad boy Barton
Saturday 9 February 2008
Newcastle United’s woes continued with a second-half capitulation at Villa Park, and it could have been worse. The Toon’s early advantage should have been cancelled when Joey Barton handled Gareth Barry’s shot. And just for good measure, the former Manchester City midfielder also appeared to push Villa’s Shaun Maloney to the ground in the same incident.
The Right Result is a 5-1 win for Aston Villa.
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1. phil | February 10th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Barton’s was never a penalty, the push was 50/50, and clearly started by Maloney runing into Barton. As for handball, what a joke. The rules clearly state to give a handball it must be either ‘deliberate’ or ‘in an “unnatural” position at the point of contact’ - it was niether… muppets!
2. charles | February 17th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Too be honest, the rule must be clarified. If it was, say, a more timid player than Barton, than what would’ve stopped Maloney going for him instead of the ball?
3. Robledo (Team - Newcastle United) | March 4th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
5-1 ? Hey, United’s first half should’ve earned them at least two goals and two of Carew’s goals were, as always, very lucky.
Barton ? He should’ve been sent off the ground and later been redcarded from the club and taken care of by professionals outside football.
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