Joey Barton carried an element of regret with him on Saturday that, while the rollicking 2-2 draw with Plymouth Argyle was another visceral delight for the Bristol Rovers fans, he hadn’t quite delivered another memorable moment at the home of the Gas.
You can’t fault the man’s ambition as while, yes, points are paramount, his constant desire is to excite and inspire and give everyone present inside the Mem something to remember far beyond the 90 minutes in question.
It happened in BS7 against Oxford United in the FA Cup and, of course, Scunthorpe United, while on the road Rovers have forever burnished the memories of Rochdale and Port Vale in the brains of supporters who were present.
