Barton charged for repeatedly betting that matches would be interrupted by two men in horse costume

Rangers star Joey Barton has been charged by the Scottish Football Association for placing 44 separate bets that football matches would be interrupted by a pantomime horse.

Barton, formerly of Manchester City, QPR and the Sorbonne, is accused of breaching SFA rules by wagering 44 times between July and September this year that two people dressed as a single horse would successfully evade pitchside security at football matches all over the UK.

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