FOOTBALL bad boy Joey Barton received a £61.20 penalty fare after being caught without a ticket on a train journey from King’s Cross to Cambridge.
How much does Barton earn? Something like £50,000 a week, we reckon. And despite the size of his bank balance, he resorts to fare dodging? Classy.
However, much more surprising than the news that Barton didn’t buy a train ticket is the revelation that he can read.
A witness told The Sun:
“Given his reputation, it was all about par for the course. The only thing that surprised me was that he was reading a book! He claimed he didn’t realise he had to have a ticket before getting on. But there are notices everywhere saying you can be prosecuted if you don’t.”
A book! This is a most unexpected development.
Posted: 20th, April 2009 | In: Sports Comments (10) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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April 30th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Quite frankly I am just sick of seeing news articles about Barton in the papers all of the time because the press insist on raking over everything he does looking for an excuse to call him a thug. Yes there is no excuse for his past violence but I am sick to death of hearing about him now. I think the press should just move on to more news worthy topics and personalities
April 21st, 2009 at 12:40 am
Dave….maybe you did have to pay the conductor but that is only to travel on the tram on Southport pier…this was a real train that Joey jumped…..he’s a mug.
April 20th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Ay, are you tellin’ us to calm down? Dave, you must live out Southport way or summat? Alhough I seem to remember getting on at Rock Ferry a while ago (ten years) and not paying…. The rest of you chat amongst yourselves…..
April 20th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Calm down, calm down, you two!
April 20th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Dee do, dough, don’t dee, dough?
April 20th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Calm down, calm down, you two
April 20th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Well, I’m loathe to stick up for Joey Barton, a thug who hardly does his native city proud, but certainly round my way paying on the train is pretty much accepted.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Or hit someone outside McDonald’s. I’m from up that way and I know about buying train tickets!! At least someone’s sticking up for him I suppose….
April 20th, 2009 at 11:56 am
To be fair, he is from up this way (Merseyside), where it’s more or less taken for granted that you can get on a train without a ticket and just pay the conductor.
April 20th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Mein Kampf perhaps?