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“Joseph Stanley Barton, you have pleaded guilty to the charges brought by this court and it is now my duty to pass sentence. You are a habitual criminal who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same casual manner. We therefore feel constrained to commit you to the maximum sentence allowed for these offences. You will go to the Mem and manage some tinpot shit club for two years”

Why does in all the press interviews he look like he’s being held hostage in Downtown Kabul? Are they acclimatising him?

The gas are celebrating that everyone of their fans can return to the Dump as Boris has announced two Family’s can congregate from March 13th

Possibly this could also be David Pipe's opportunity for his first step into assistant management having retired from playing in only 2019. They could even have a new third kit to mark the appointments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pipe

'If you look at what we did at Fleetwood with an average attendance of 2,000-3,000, imagine what we can do if we’re getting 12,000 in the Mem.' whos gonna tell him? ?

Oh right, I assumed he must have already been sentenced, is going to Rovers not his Community Service punishment?

This could end up being a re-make of "The Prisoner" from the 1960s. There is no escape. Barton is Number 6; If Wael is Number One, who is Number Two? Number Six: Where am I? Number Two: In the (Canvas) Village Number Six: What do you want? Number Two: Information. Number Six: Whose side are you on? Number Two: That would be telling. We want information… information… information. Number Six: You won't get it. Number Two: By hook or by crook, we will. Number Six: Who are you? Number Two: The new Number Two. Number Six: Who is Number One? Number Two: You are Number Six. Number Six: I am not a number ! I am a free man ! Number Two: Ha ha haha

Dear Joey convict 6721098, about this... Bristol rovers fans like to lie about their attendances (especially away), getting a stadium built, their owner's financial worth, how many they took to Wembley, how many fans are locked out of matches, non-league being called division 5 and not sniffing their sister's undewear. Here's a handy graph to explain which club is really biggest in the West Country

**** me, if this is community service I would have tried for a custodial sentence.

half of them saying they wont go if he is in charge, I just done me sums and i make that 147, massive loss in income

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"Mr Barton, I sentence you to community service with the underprivileged of society" "Send them down"

Sorry if it's already been mentioned but his assistant Andy Mangan was banned for 5 months for betting on a game he was involved in. Rovers do have form for that though they love a bung.

Given his "colourful" history I understand he was once offered a Tag Heuer watch but turned it down because he thought you wore it on the ankle, bless

All legal contact limits to be removed on June 21st so I reckon it’s afull steam ahead next season.

Just imagine, should when under extreme pressure Thug Barton lamps an opponent or official, what punitive punishment The Gas might pick up? Better imagine were such punishment to see them relegated. Such stuff of which dreams are made....

Yay! We can go to the play off final!

Wtf does Barton look like on SSN Must have mugged someone for those specs?

Just in time for the playoffs ??

Standard for the “family club” Andy Spring, David Pipe. The bloke he has brought in today as a coach (Mangan) has also served a five month ban for betting on matches he played in, pretty sure no one has ever done that with the blue few before, eh? Barton still has his court case outstanding from the time he “pushed” (according to the BBC) the former Barnsley manager, Stendel. Must have been some “push”, seeing as Barton legged it from the ground immediately after the game & a Barnsley player said their manager was bleeding from a head wound..

Spotted in the car park at the Mem this morning...

At his opening press conference Barton was asked his first impressions. "When you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back at you." "Still quoting Nietzsche then Joey, Beyond Good and Evil, I think," jested one scribe. "No. That was my first impression walking into The Memorial...."

Oh, I didn't realise there were 2 clubs in Bristol. This one's a bit shit.....

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Wael: Congrats on becoming our new manager, all that's left to seal the deal is to smoke a customary cigar.. Joey Jo Jo, what are YOU doing? AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

I still get great entertainment from re-reading some of the truly awful predictions on the first page of this thread.

That’s incorrect on both counts ... many moons ago I spent a huge amount of time in Nottingham - the rivalry is very intense as it is in any two club city - that’s why I laugh at the ignorance of so many so-called football fans who say ‘Notts Forest’ - the reaction to that up there from Magpie fans is extraordinary but it re-affirms my faith in football rivalries! Fans of both Nottingham clubs are certainly not keen on each other and that’s putting it mildly. And as for the potteries, their rivalry also burns bright - to suggest otherwise is to patronise an area containing proper fans of traditional football clubs ...

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Coming from Barton, that sounds like a violent threat.

Dear Mr Barton I am very sorry to inform you that Bristol Rovers have not averaged gates of over 10000 for 40 years. If you have been misled, that is because they are liars. P.s if they tell you a number that they took to Wembley, it is good practice to knock 15000 off that number.

Will he be the first manager in history to go down twice within the space of 5 weeks?

His racist vile brother and cousin should never be released

This was before the Milan derby last weekend...

Hahaha yeah huh huh huh Bore off Saghead.

Barton spared custodial sentence as Wally organises Arab spring

There will definitely be crowds - annoyingly I think they are saying about 30% which I think is too low but something I guess. And no away fans so will make England v Scotland a bit sh*t.