Barton says BBC's punditry golden girl 'shouldn't comment on men's football'

Joey Barton has claimed Alex Scott 'shouldn't comment on men's football' as he continued his tirade on women's involvement in the male arena.

The former Bristol Rovers boss and ex-Man City player has come under fire for his controversial posts about female broadcasters and pundits this week, having tweeted that women 'shouldn't be talking with any kind of authority in the men's game'.

After his words generated huge outrage online, he was invited onto Piers Morgan's show on TalkTV, where he doubled down on this thoughts, hitting out at the 'woke agenda' and said the world was 'going crazy' due to the uptick in female presenters.

And his rant also saw him take aim at BBC's golden girl Scott, who is one of the leading female pundits in football and the host of the popular Football Focus show. She has also appeared as a regular face on Match of the Day and Sky Sports.

When asked about Scott commentating on men's games, Barton said: 'She hasn't played in it'.

He added: 'One is 200 years old and one is about 40 years old… it's the same rules but football is about a lot more than rules… The games are at two different speeds.

'I don't care where you're from or how many games you've played, but you have to have a body of work that is credible to get you there… the world has gone crazy.'

Barton explained to Morgan that he did not want to be seen promoting sexism, but that he was against 'unqualified opinions'.

'I don't want to see sexism in football, but if we don't debate (the role of women in football broadcasting) properly, this is just going to rise and rise, and ruin the experience of watching elite-level men's football,' Barton said when asked by Morgan if the language of his social media posts had been deliberately inflammatory.

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