Joey Barton's first managerial appointment has come to the kind of acrimonious end befitting someone shadowed by controversy for most of his playing career.
Fleetwood Town sacked Barton on Monday in the wake of a dressing room altercation with striker Ched Evans following a 1-0 defeat at Swindon Town last month.
As Sportsmail had revealed, Barton failed to see the funny side of a skit produced by Evans at a weekly team meeting.
It further soured his relationship with a section of the squad and there had been other clashes with first team players.