{"id":299011,"date":"2023-12-12T16:31:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299011"},"modified":"2023-12-12T16:31:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:31:53","slug":"alex-scott-hits-back-at-joey-bartons-sexist-digs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/alex-scott-hits-back-at-joey-bartons-sexist-digs\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Scott hits back at Joey Barton&apos;s sexist digs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Alex Scott insists &#8216;football is a better place with us ALL in it&#8217; as she hits back at Joey Barton&#8217;s sexist digs about females in the men&#8217;s game and tells girls to &#8216;keep being role models&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alex Scott issued a heartfelt response to Joey Barton&#8217;s controversial claims<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Barton had claimed Scott and other women shouldn&#8217;t work in men&#8217;s football<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>There&#8217;s a lot of anger at Man United &#8211; it&#8217;s them against the world! Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alex Scott told women that &#8216;football is a better place with us all in it&#8217; in an indirect response to Joey Barton&#8217;s recent controversial comments.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC football presenter was covering the Women&#8217;s Super League clash between Arsenal and Chelsea on Sunday when she issued an emotional monologue before the end of the broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Scott hit back at sexist digs made by Barton where he claimed before the weekend that women shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to &#8216;comment on men&#8217;s football because they haven&#8217;t played it&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He also directed individual criticism at both Scott and TNT Sports presenter Laura Woods, along with making a series of other critical views about women being involved in men&#8217;s football.<\/p>\n<p>Scott has now issued her most public response to the ongoing feud and praised all the women that work in sport and broadcasting.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/15\/78791749-12847353-image-a-80_1702223938752.jpg\" height=\"361\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alex Scott issued a public message to women in football on Sunday while covering Arsenal&#8217;s WSL clash against Chelsea<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/15\/78689437-12847353-The_former_Premier_League_footballer_sparked_fresh_controversy_a-a-70_1702223370104.jpg\" height=\"462\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/15\/78727407-12847353-Scott_is_one_one_of_the_leading_female_pundits_in_football-a-71_1702223370544.jpg\" height=\"462\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The former Premier League footballer sparked fresh controversy after hitting out at women being given jobs in men&#8217;s football<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/15\/78791697-12847353-image-a-74_1702223712368.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Barton recently claimed that Scott &#8216;isn\u2019t qualified to talk with any authority about the men\u2019s game&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Just before we say goodbye, to all the women in football, in front of the camera, behind it, the players on the pitch, to everyone that attends games, keep being the role models that you continue to be,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To all those young girls that are told no you can&#8217;t, football is a better place with us all in it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Scott had already laughed off Barton&#8217;s comments that he made about her earlier in the week and broke her silence on Instagram after the former men&#8217;s player continued to lash out.<\/p>\n<p>In the previous video posted on her Instagram, Scott (behind the camera) asked her colleague: &#8216;Who are you interviewing today?&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man in the video\u00a0joked: &#8216;It might be you actually&#8217; before Scott chimed in and asked: &#8216;What we gonna talk about, Joey Barton?&#8217; before bursting into hysterics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Viewers who had watched the viral clip of Scott&#8217;s heartfelt message to women responded with enthusiasm and praised the 39-year-old for being brave enough to speak out on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>One comment underneath the video on X, read: &#8216;After a week full of sexism and misogyny, the women&#8217;s really football community really deserved this. Also the fact that it probably made Joey Barton angry makes it even better.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Barton&#8217;s initial comments took aim at the BBC&#8217;s golden girl, with the former QPR and Newcastle midfielder, stating at the time:\u00a0&#8216;She hasn&#8217;t played in it&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/15\/78733441-12847353-Alex_Scott_at_ICAP_headquarters_in_London_during_the_broker_s_an-m-73_1702223411254.jpg\" height=\"558\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alex Scott at ICAP headquarters in London during the broker&#8217;s annual charity day, raising money for charities across the globe<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;One is 200 years old and one is about 40 years old\u2026 it&#8217;s the same rules but football is about a lot more than rules\u2026 The games are at two different speeds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t care where you&#8217;re from or how many games you&#8217;ve played, but you have to have a body of work that is credible to get you there\u2026 the world has gone crazy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He had earlier responded to a fan quizzing him about Scott&#8217;s credentials as a pundit, saying: &#8216;Fantastic women\u2019s footballer. Decorated in her game. If she\u2019s presenting a men\u2019s game, no problem, anchor the show. But, no, she isn\u2019t qualified to talk with any authority about the men\u2019s game in my opinion.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Barton is currently unemployed after being sacked as Bristol Rovers manager in October.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12847353\/Alex-Scott-Joey-Bartons-sexist-women-men-football.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Scott insists &#8216;football is a better place with us ALL in it&#8217; 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