Police drop Joey Barton case
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Your support makes all the difference.Queen's Park Rangers midfielder Joey Barton will face no further action after being arrested for affray last month.
The 29-year-old was involved in a fight with two men outside a nightclub in Liverpool city centre on 4 June.
Barton was reportedly on a night out with his girlfriend when the incident took place outside the Garlands nightclub on Eberle Street.