I'll prove my worth to United - Barton
JOEY Barton has admitted he has not played particularly well for Newcastle United in a 14-month career that has made more front than back page headlines.
But after serving a prison sentence and giving up alcohol, the 26-year-old is determined to make amends for what he calls his "indefensible" behaviour - starting, he hopes, against Sunderland on Saturday.
Barton played 80 minutes for the reserves in midweek, his first football since completing a six-match ban for assaulting his then Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo, and seems set to play some part at the Stadium of Light. As well as his football punishment, Barton received a suspended jail sentence for the training ground incident, committed in May 2007.
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