Andy Mangan will lead the side in the interim.
Joey Barton spent almost three years in charge of the side Joey Barton has been sacked as manager of League One club Bristol Rovers amid the club’s poor run of form. Barton, notorious for his behaviour as both a player and manager, launched a scathing attack on his own player in astonishing rant earlier this month.
One the final day of the 2011-12 Premier League season – when Manchester City famously beat Queen’s Park Rangers 3-2 to land their first top-flight title since 1968 and dramatically denied Manchester United – Barton was sent off for the London-based side in the 55th minute for elbowing Carlos Tevez in the face.
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