Burnley Midfielder, Joey Barton has been issued a ban for contradicting the rules which goes against betting.

The 18-Month ban took effect after he admitted to a Football Association charge in relation to betting. Barton plans to appeal intensively on the timeframe of the suspension, stating that it is 'excessive'. He also disclosed that he is addicted to gambling.

For placing 1,260 bets on matches between 26 March 2006 and 13 May 2016, the 33year old professional football player, Barton has gotten for himself a fine of £30,000 and warned about his conduct aftermath.

"I have fought addiction to gambling and provided the FA with a medical report about my problem - I'm disappointed it wasn't taken into proper consideration," he said.

The midfielder bet on some matches in which he played but he stressed in a statement on his website that "this is not match fixing" and that at "no point in any of this is my integrity in question".

He added: "I accept that I broke the rules governing professional footballers, but I do feel the penalty is heavier than it might be for other less controversial players.

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