Former Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton has been recently in the headlines regarding his comments on women commentators being unable to commentate on men’s soccer matches. Other than his career as a player, the 41-year-old also ventured into the managerial role at Bristol Rovers F.C.
Joey Burton played a total of 269 matches in the top flight of English Soccer named Premier League. However, the former midfielder got into some personal off-the-field trouble related to his partner Georgia McNeil last year. Here we dive into what happened between the couple a year back.
The 41-year-old was accused of assault by his wife Georgia McNeil. The matter was taken to court after him being arrested. The soccer star was reportedly held liable by Georgia for pushing and hitting her on the floor in their house based in England’s capital London.
However, Joey was cleared of all the charges. The reason behind it was termed as a lack of fair trial by the Judge in the capacity of the matter. The video played inside the court, depicted, Georgia’s statement which was – “I was pushed and kicked”.
The authorities who arrested Joey reported having seen “some blood” on his partner. However, the video of the arrest stated that the former Premier League midfielder was intoxicated at that time. Notably the brawl between the couple supposedly took place when they were drunk. However, the arrest video proved to have shown otherwise.
When did Joey Barton and Georgia McNeil get married?
As per the reports the former Manchester City star knew Georgia from his childhood days. They were also occasionally spotted together in public before officially getting married. The duo tied the knot in the year 2019 in England’s Oxfordshire.
What is termed to be a quite luxurious ceremony, saw the couple taking their relationship to the next stage. However, Joey and Georgia already had an eight-year-old son and a five-year-old daughter when they got married. Besides his fluent nature of expressing his thoughts regarding different aspects of soccer on his socials, the former player doesn’t express much about his personal life.
There are no concentre reports available regarding the current status of their relationship. Since the couple’s assault matter was repudiated in the media, after reaching the final verdict, the former midfielder has been spotted donning the role of a soccer Pundit on some of the English sports broadcasting networks. Regardless of his personal life, Joey Barton remains a significant figure in the soccer world.