FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Carabao Cup Third Round - Fleetwood Town v Everton - Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood, Britain - September 23, 2020 Fleetwood Town manager Joey Barton reacts Pool via REUTERS/Alex Livesey
LONDON (Reuters) - Britol Rovers manager Joey Barton apologised on Thursday for referencing the Holocaust in describing his fourth tier club's performance last weekend.
Barton was criticised by anti-semitism campaigners, and contacted by the Football Association, for the analogy after his side's 3-1 home defeat to League Two rivals Newport County on Saturday.
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