{"id":1221,"date":"2016-10-05T20:17:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T00:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2021-03-17T19:23:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T23:23:57","slug":"joey-barton-sfa-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2016\/10\/05\/joey-barton-sfa-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Barton Charged for Breaking Betting Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Rangers<\/strong> midfielder <strong>Joey Barton<\/strong> has been charged by the <strong>SFA<\/strong> after being found guilty of betting on over 40 football matches. The offences were allegedly taking place between July and September this year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old has until the 12th of October to respond to his charge with a hearing scheduled for the 27th. One of the matches Barton allegedly bet on involved Rangers\u2019 city rivals <strong>Celtic<\/strong>, betting on them to suffer a heavy loss to <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> in the <strong>Champions League.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ex-<strong>Newcastle, Burnley <\/strong>and<strong> QPR<\/strong> midfielder is currently suspended by the <strong>Glasgow<\/strong> club after an \u2018internal dispute\u2019. It is believed that Barton said \u201cinappropriate things\u201d to fellow team-mate <strong>Andy Halliday<\/strong>. His future at Rangers was already in doubt due to this \u2018internal dispute\u2019 and this latest revelation has cast it further in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Similar betting breaches have occurred in Scotland recently with former Rangers players\u00a0<strong>Ian Black<\/strong> and <strong>Steve Simonsen<\/strong> being involved. Black played for Rangers between 2012 and 2015 and bet on numerous matches that he played in. He was eventually suspended for three games after betting on over 140 matches.<\/p>\n<p>His team-mate Steve Simonsen also was charged with betting offences, with the goalkeeper breaking the rules on 55 occasions and receiving a one-match ban.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Partick Thistle<\/strong> midfielder <strong>Steven Lawless<\/strong> received the lengthiest ban as he was suspended for six games for betting on over 500 matches between 2012 and 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/601774782\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:60.101010% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/601774782?et=Xvh0k2B8RDdnwLv5ArVXDQ&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=lIpF1w62vvTX_Nx-X35LSVyYA-HTYjy2yWc3YGOaxHQ=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"357\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rangers midfielder Joey Barton has been charged by the SFA after being found guilty of betting on over 40 football matches. The offences were allegedly taking place between July and September this year. The 34-year-old has until the 12th of October to respond to his charge with a hearing scheduled for the 27th. 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