Joey Barton has walked free from prison. He served a total 74 days behind bars of the total 6 months he was given for his street spat whilst taking in a Mickey D’s.

I would imagine that he’ll be reporting to St. James Park in the next 48 hours for an assessment of fitness considering how weak our squad is looking currently. He is likely now to head off to sunnier climates for training in Spain? Not bad eh?

Keegan has continued to state he will stand by Barton as this is his last chance and has a lot of bridges to mend.