Re: Premier League 2012/2013

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Joey Barton has been stripped of the Queens Park Rangers' captaincy and warned his contract will be terminated for one more serious indiscretion following an internal review into his dismissal at Manchester City on the final day of last season.

Barton accepted he "deserved every punishment I received" after QPR's investigation into events at the Etihad Stadium on 13 May stopped short of sacking the 29-year-old but included a six week fine and exclusion from the club's pre-season tour of Asia.

On top of a £75,000 fine from the Football Association, Barton, on a similar sum each week at Loftus Road, will pay over £500,000 in total for elbowing Carlos Tevez, kicking Sergio Agüero and aiming a headbutt at Vincent Kompany as he exited City's title-winning contest in disgrace.