Article:Barton Begins Jail Term

Newcastle United's Joey Barton began his six month tenure behind bars today for a drunken attack. Barton who was under the heavy influence of alcohol (10 pints of lager and 5 bottles of lager was alleged to have punched a person 20 times and left a 16 year old with not teeth. Barton along with cousin Nadine Wilson and brother Andrew Barton were caught in this brutal attck on a cctv at 5 am in the morning on Dec 27th last year. Bartons Heroics so far -

Feb 2004 -  First red card April 2004 -  storms out of Eastlands after being dropped from the playing side July 2004 - causes massive brawl in doncaster Dec 2004- stubs a lit cigar into the eye of a young team mate and is heavily fined and suspended May 2005 -  hits a person with his car causing breakage of victims leg in liverpool July 2005 -  altercation with 15 year old everton fan (punishment & rehabilitation) Sep 2006 -  drops shorts in front of everton fans Dec 2006 - second career red card, this time straight red for awful tackle March 2007 - gets bail till may (accused of assault & criminal damage) May 2007 -  sends team mate Dabo to hospital following an altercation Nov -Dec 2007 -  marred with controversy May 2008 -  sentenced to 6 months jail

How can a person still be allowed onto a soccer field after all this.