Former Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton will lead Fleetwood Town against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
Joey Barton knows all about playing against Sunderland, as the former Newcastle United midfielder turned out numerous times against the Black Cats during his playing career.
The former Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers midfielder was on the books of Sunderland’s bitter rivals Newcastle from 2007 until 2011.
The Englishman is fully aware of the Tyne–Wear derby, and the former Rangers and Burnley man will be looking to get the better of Sunderland this weekend.
Barton will hope to lead his Fleetwood Town side to a win against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light in League One on Saturday afternoon.
Sunderland and Fleetwood have been exchanging messages on social networking site Twitter, and they are quite interesting and entertaining, as shown below.
Sunderland want the Stadium of Light faithful to raise the roof for the match against Fleetwood, who have responded to the Black Cats’ message on social networking site Twitter by reminding them of the success Barton has had there when he was at Newcastle.
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