Joey Barton has grown his backroom team over the summer with the additions of Danny Ventre, Glenn Whelan and Greg Short, and there was fourth new - but also familiar - face stationed by the dugout for Saturday’s draw against Shrewsbury Town.
Barton has his son Cassius with him for the game, with Gasheads remembering him from the celebrations on May 7 when he punched the air in unison with his dad in front of the Thatchers End following the 7-0 win over Scunthorpe.
The 10-year-old is down in Bristol from the family home on Merseyside for the last week of his school holidays following the fourth arrival to the Barton household, his brother Etienne, who was born last week.
