Joey Barton signed for Newcastle United last summer
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Premiership footballer Joey Barton has appeared in court over allegations of assault and affray.
The 25-year-old Newcastle United midfielder was arrested in Liverpool along with his brother Andrew Barton and friend Nadine Wilson.
He is accused of causing actual bodily harm and affray following a row outside a McDonald's restaurant in Church Street after a night out on Boxing Day.
Barton, 25, of Widnes, did not issue a plea at Liverpool Magistrates' Court.
The player's brother Andrew Barton, 19, from Widnes, is also charged with causing actual bodily harm.
A charge of affray against him was dropped when he appeared before magistrates on Wednesday.
Nadine Wilson, 27, from Huyton, Merseyside, is charged with common assault and affray.
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