“I guarantee you there’ll be a few new haircuts; beards shaped up and all that. That tends to be what happens when you know the TV cameras will be there,” said Joey Barton this week.
Points are paramount for Bristol Rovers at Sheffield Wednesday tonight but for Barton and his squad there is also a sense of wanting to enjoy the occasion and use it as a yardstick to show the development and the progress of the squad.
This time last year, Rovers were preparing for a League Two game at Harrogate Town, now they have back-to-back fixtures at two of the biggest stadiums outside of the Premier League.
