{"id":297255,"date":"2023-10-26T13:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T13:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297255"},"modified":"2023-10-26T13:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T13:24:43","slug":"joey-barton-is-sacked-as-manager-of-bristol-rovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/joey-barton-is-sacked-as-manager-of-bristol-rovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Barton is SACKED as manager of Bristol Rovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Joey Barton is SACKED as manager of Bristol Rovers, hours after he called rival boss Steve Evans a &#8216;fat man&#8217; and a &#8216;weeble&#8217; in his final game which left the team stuck 16th in League One<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The former Newcastle United player was appointed as Bristol&#8217;s manager in 2021<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The side are winless in three matches after defeats to Burton and Oxford United<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Joey Barton has been sacked as manager of Bristol Rovers just two days after he called rival boss Steve Evans a &#8216;fat man&#8217; and a &#8216;weeble&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The club are winless in their last three matches and currently sit 16th in the League One table.<\/p>\n<p>The former Newcastle United and\u00a0Manchester City\u00a0player made the comments towards Evans following his side&#8217;s 1-1 draw with Stevenage on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><span>A Bristol Rovers statement said: &#8216;Everyone at the club would like to thank Joey for all his efforts and wish him well in the future.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>First-team coach Andy Mangan will now lead the side as interim manager.\u00a0Fellow coaches Glenn Whelan, Danny Ventre and Anssi Jaakkola will also support him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/13\/77031425-12675723-image-a-31_1698324615850.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bristol Rovers were winless in three and sit 16th in the League One table under Joey Barton<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/14\/77032109-12675723-image-a-41_1698325305138.jpg\" height=\"457\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Stevenage manager\u00a0Steve Evans pictured during his side&#8217;s 1-1 draw with Bristol Rovers<\/p>\n<p>Barton, who had one job as manager before at Fleetwood Town in 2018, was appointed as Bristol manager in February 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After leading the club back to the third tier, he signed a three-year contract until 2026 in July last year. They then finished 17th in the table last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former midfielder represented City, Newcastle, QPR and Burnley as well as picking up an England cap in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>He also spent a period of his career at Rangers before a loan spell at Marseille in France.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12675723\/Joey-Barton-SACKED-manager-Bristol-Rovers-hours-called-rival-boss-Steve-Evans-fat-man-weeble.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joey Barton is SACKED as manager of Bristol Rovers, hours after he called rival boss Steve Evans a &#8216;fat man&#8217; <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Joey Barton is SACKED as manager of Bristol Rovers - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/joey-barton-is-sacked-as-manager-of-bristol-rovers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joey Barton is SACKED as manager of Bristol Rovers - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joey Barton is SACKED as manager of Bristol Rovers, hours after he called rival boss Steve Evans a &#8216;fat man&#8217; 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