Ex-England international to appear at magistrates court over incident at BarnsleyJoey Barton, the manager of Fleetwood Town, has been charged with causing actual bodily harm after his Barnsley counterpart, Daniel Stendel, was left with facial injuries following a fracas in the South Yorkshire football club’s tunnel, police said. South Yorkshire police said the 36-year-old one-time England international had been charged, following the incident at Oakwell stadium on 13 April. Barton, the former Manchester City, Newcastle and Burnley midfielder, of Widnes, Cheshire, is expected to appear before Barnsley magistrates court on 9 October. Police subsequently appealed for witnesses to the incident, which the Barnsley striker Cauley Woodrow claimed had left Stendel with “blood pouring from his face”. In the wake of the incident, Barton issued a statement on Twitter in which he wrote: “I emphatically deny all the allegations made.”Sky television footage showed police stepping in to stop Barton as he attempted to leave Oakwell after the match.

Source: The Guardian July 17, 2019 07:51 UTC