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'Stop rewarding failure!' Joey Barton calls for Gareth Southgate to RESIGN after England's quarter-final exit... as the Bristol Rovers boss argues the Three Lions 'should have won two World Cups and a home Euros' during his tenure

Joey Barton has called for Gareth Southgate to leave as England manager, claiming that the FA have got to 'stop rewarding failure'.

Southgate is believed to be pondering his future in the role after the Three Lions heartbreaking exit from the World Cup at the hands of France on Saturday.

The 52-year-old has been in charge of England since 2016, after he took over from Sam Allardyce when the former Bolton and West Ham boss resigned after just one game in charge.

Since then, Southgate has won 51 of his 81 games in the hot seat, and overseen three positive tournament experiences.