To many he's the mote in the black eye of the unacceptable face of football, but friends of Joey Barton have portrayed an altogether gentler side of the wild man of Manchester City this week.
SHEFFIELD United manager Neil 'The Anagram' Warnock and several dozen children were lucky to escape unharmed when one of the chips on the Blades' boss' shoulder became detached during a school visit.
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