Joey Barton back at Burnley and in the last-chance saloon | Barry Glendenning
The midfielder’s move to Rangers did not work out, to put it mildly, and it will be intriguing to see how he fares on his return to the English top flightThe announcement that Joey Barton is to be re-signed by Burnley in January heralds the beginning of a new chapter in the colourful life of a footballer whose most significant contributions since leaving the club for Rangers last summer have come in literary, rather than football form.Towards the end of No Nonsense: The Autobiography, his interesting collaboration with the journalist Michael Calvin, Barton announced his intention to win the Scottish Premiership with Rangers, a bold but commendable claim that has been rendered ludicrous by his fractious and protracted departure from...