Former footballer Joey Barton has denied assaulting a man at a Merseyside golf club.
Barton, who was denied bail at an earlier magistrates’ court hearing, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court by video link from Liverpool Prison for a plea and trial preparation hearing.
Along with his co-defendant, 50-year-old Gary O’Grady, Barton is charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent on former non-league football manager Kevin Lynch, 51, at Huyton and Prescot Golf Club on 8 March.
Barton, 43 and of Widnes, was further remanded into custody and faces a seven-day trial starting 1 September.
