He’s finally done it. He’s finally reached peak Joey Barton.
The controversial midfielder didn’t cover himself in glory during Burnley’s FA Cup fifth round clash against non-league outfit Lincoln City on Saturday.
Remarkably, Barton tried his best to get an opposition player sent off by cheating twice in the same incident.
While waiting for a free kick to be delivered into the Burnley box, Barton’s stamped on Matt Rhead’s foot. Realising that his foul didn’t faze the striker at all, he decided to kick things up a gear.
He glanced over at Rhead and noticed that his arm was extended as he was given instructions. Seeing a golden opportunity, Barton deliberately ran straight into the arm from behind and went down to the ground in a heap clutching his face.
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Barton then tried to convince the referee to book Rhead for the ‘foul,’ but all he got in return for his plea was a lecture from the man in the middle.
'Premier League' player Joey Barton attempting to get a National League player sent off by cheating twice. What a top bloke. #BURLIN #FACup pic.twitter.com/dB5E1s0Scy
— Carl Jones (@CarlDJones) February 18, 2017
However, Lincoln had the last laugh and won the game in the dying minutes thanks to goal from Sean Raggett.
The non-league side are now into the quarter-finals, and one game away from Wembley.
Inevitably, people took the chance to rub salt into the wounds after Barton’s behaviour.
Remember when Barton laughed at Celtic losing to Lincoln Red Imps? – the original Lincoln Imps have just ironically handed him his arse. pic.twitter.com/NWdLYC4tY1
— StMiley (@StMiley) February 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/DavidBreen2310/status/832958166837104641
– They deserved it! Joey Barton diving around the pitch in theatrics – Lincoln deserve to go through for that alone!
— Peter Moriarty (@Moriap21) February 18, 2017
Joey Barton deserved that stupid twat.
— William Livesey (@WilliamLivesey) February 18, 2017
Well done Lincoln!
Joey Barton disgraces himself for nothing.— hairysteve20 (@hairysteve20) February 18, 2017
Tremendous performance by #LincolnCity winning at Burnley. Disgraceful by #Barton
— John Wilson (@Johnny_Wilson20) February 18, 2017
Joey Barton hahahahha
— David (@div__97) February 18, 2017
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