FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - League One - Blackpool v Bristol Rovers - Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, Britain - May 9, 2021 Bristol Rovers manager Joey Barton after the match Action Images/Molly Darlington
LONDON (Reuters) - Former Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton was found not guilty on Monday of assaulting then Barnsley manager Daniel Stendel after an English third-tier match in April 2019.
Barton, now manager of fourth tier League Two side Bristol Rovers, was coaching Fleetwood Town at the time and had denied pushing over Stendel in the tunnel of Oakwell Stadium.
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