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HEATHER DEWAR: Joey Barton's comments are enabling a multitude of misogynists to come out of the woodwork and discredit women working in football

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Unless you've been living under a rock these past few days, you'll have noticed that Joey Barton has caused quite a storm with his unadulterated views on female commentators in men's football.

The former Rangers player compared women commentating on football to men talking about 'knitting' and insisted: 'Women shouldn't be talking with any kind of authority in the men's game.'

He added that 'any man who listens to women commentary or co-comms needs their heads testing', before remarking it was 'like me talking about knitting or netball. Way out of my comfort zone.