Barton hits back at ‘clueless’ Alex Scott after Lionesses icon’s BBC message
Joey Barton has made a series of striking claims about former Lionesses star Alex Scott amid their ongoing row about women working in men’s football. The ex-Premier League midfielder’s latest social media tirade comes after Scott delivered a pointed message addressing his views live on the BBC.
According to a series of social media posts over the past week, Barton believes that women should not be allowed to ‘talk with authority’ about men’s football because the women’s game is ‘completely different’.
Although Scott, who amassed 140 caps during her distinguished England career, did not mention Barton by name, her message to the BBC cameras after Arsenal’s 4-1 Women’s Super League win over Chelsea on Sunday was telling.
“Just before we say goodbye,” she began. “To all the women in football, in front of the camera and behind it, the players on the pitch and everyone that attends games, keep being the role models that you continue to be. To all those young girls that are told ‘No, you can’t’, football is a better place with us all in it. Goodbye.”
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Barton responded to the clip on Monday afternoon, insisting that Scott ‘does not have a clue’ about men’s football and claiming that she was a ‘worse than a Sunday League player’. “Sorry Alex Scott,” he posted on X.
“I can’t say you don’t know Men’s football? You don’t. Sorry. You don’t have a clue. And you were a really bad player compared to even a Sunday League player.
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“In my opinion, the winner of the FA National Sunday Cup this year would easily beat, in a cup final at Wembley for charity, the winner of the WSL from this season or the Lionesses. No ties. Winners only. Proper ref. 90 mins. Extra time and penalties. No quarter given!
“If they don’t [win] I will take back everything I said. I only want football to win here. A Friendship Cup. Call it what you want? I’ll happily have Alex on my podcast. I think I know more about football than her. I think I was a better player but I would like to see [and] hear her perspective. Hate to tell you all the truth. Am I wrong? Let’s debate it. No edit. Long as you want.”
Barton, who had stints at Manchester City, Newcastle United and Queens Park Rangers before retiring in 2017, continued in a separate social media post showing that he had sent Scott a private message which read: “I don’t want to have a row.”
The 41-year-old wrote above the picture: “I like Alex. I think she’s a great role model. A brilliant player in the women’s game. The men’s game is different. Debate me. Let’s discuss. I’m a bad guy. I get it. But I want to do good. Have a great Christmas.”
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