Joey Barton teases first clip of his new ‘Common Sense’ podcast as he discusses his 18-month gambling ban… after the ex-footballer’s controversial sexist rants on social media

Joey Barton has shared a clip from his upcoming podcast series amid ongoing controversy over a series of sexist social media posts from the former footballer.

Barton generated headlines from the past few weeks for his rant about whether women in football should be broadcasting.

The 41-year-old has also taken aim at BBC presenters, shows and the Sports Personality of the Year award.

He has now been promoting his podcast 'Common Sense with Joey Barton', which is expected to release weekly episodes in February.

“For anyone who has been following our latest podcast series,” Barton wrote. 'We are launching a new series in the new year. 'Hopefully back to the number 1 position on iTunes.

Barton spoke in the clip about an 18-month football ban for gambling

Barton shared a clip to promote his podcast, in which he discussed being banned from playing football for 18 months with anti-feminist influencer Hannah Pearl Davis. His ban was later shortened by five months on appeal.

The former midfielder was banned after it emerged he had placed 1,260 bets on matches between March 2006 and May 2016, breaching FA rule E8.

“I retired at 35 because I was banned from gambling,” Barton said.

'I grew up betting on football, when I was thirteen or fourteen I went to a betting shop with my grandfather, put two or three horses on it and put a football ticket on it.

'I started playing football, but before I became a footballer I was a gambler.

'I had my own online betting account so I gambled on all sports including football, so I knew I was ultimately breaking the rules. But when I started there were no rules and then the rules were tightened.

'I played in the Rangers Glasgow derby and then placed a bet on Celtic's next match against Barcelona. The Scottish FA then gives it to the FA, the FA then looks historically at the best I'd had.

“I give them all the accounts and I said, 'This is what I bet on, I'm transparent, these are all my accounts, I bet on football and I shouldn't have bet on football.'”

Barton's podcast promotion came amid a series of reports about England goalkeeper Mary Earps

English star Earps was crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Tuesday evening

Barton ended his playing career after taking over as Fleetwood Town manager in 2018 at the end of his suspension.

He has since been in charge of Bristol Rovers, which came to an end when he was sacked in October.

Barton's podcast co-host Hannah Pearl Davis has more than 1.52 million subscribers to her controversial YouTube channel, where she expresses her conservative and misogynistic views.

The 26-year-old content creator saw a spike in popularity this year following the arrest of misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate, with whom she shares a number of controversial opinions.

Barton's sexist views have sparked controversy in recent weeks, including criticism of Mary Earps' nomination as BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

The former midfielder claimed he would score '100 out of 100 penalties' against the England goalkeeper.

Last week he blamed “wokeness” and “poor quality guests” for the cancellation of long-running quiz show A Question of Sport.

Barton also renewed his attack on Football Focus presenter Alex Scott by claiming the show would be cancelled, after calling it 'nonsense' and 'nonsense'.

Scott indirectly took a swipe at Barton on X when he promoted her book How To Be Strong.

She wrote: I have no podcast to promote or the need to use a platform like this to bully and belittle others. I do have a Sunday Times bestseller that's still available, and all proceeds go directly to @RefugeCharity #staywinning