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\n\tBritish former footballer turned former supervisor Joey Barton<\/a> has escalated his battles concerning feminine commentators in sport, after he was slammed by broadcaster ITV<\/a> for making \u201cvindictive\u201d remarks about two of their pundits.<\/p>\n

\n\tBarton, used to inflicting controversy along with his outspoken perspective, launched this newest debacle with a social media put up Friday concerning the feedback made by pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward on a televised match the evening earlier than.<\/p>\n

\n\tOf Aluko, he wrote on X (previously Twitter): \u201cHow is she even talking about men\u2019s football. She can\u2019t even kick a ball properly. Your coverage of the game EFC last night, took it to a new low. Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward, the Fred and Rose West of football commentary.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFred and Rose West had been a married couple convicted of a dozen murders over a 20-year interval, with each names remaining on the listing of the UK\u2019s most infamous criminals. Fred West hanged himself in jail in 1995, whereas Rose West stays behind bars.<\/p>\n

\n\tITV responded with a press release Friday afternoon that learn<\/a>: \u201cFor Joey Barton, an ex-professional player with a significant social media presence, to target two of our pundits, Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward, with such vindictive remarks based on gender and to invoke the names of serial killers in doing so is clearly contemptible and shameful on his part. Football is for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis prompted a recent outburst from Barton, who replied: \u201cShut up you f****** idiots. Keep them off the tele. They\u2019re ruining the game for everyone of us. It\u2019s what happens when you force under qualified, under prepared, tokenistic people onto us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSuch views on ladies\u2019s participation as pundits within the males\u2019s sport are nothing new from Barton. A month in the past, he wrote on X: \u201cWomen shouldn\u2019t be speaking with any form of authority within the males\u2019s sport. Come on. Let\u2019s be severe. It\u2019s a totally totally different sport. If you don\u2019t settle for that. We will at all times see issues in a different way. The ladies\u2019s sport is flourishing. Fantastic to see. I can not take a factor they are saying severe within the males\u2019s enviornment.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd he added: \u201cStand by everything I\u2019ve said on women commenting and co-comms on the men\u2019s football. Like me talking about knitting or netball. Way out of my comfort zone. Some of the men are bad enough! We have gone too far. You cannot watch a game now without hearing the nonsense. Any man who says otherwise is an absolute fart parcel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n