Rangers new boy Joey Barton adored every second of Celtic’s shock defeat to Gibraltarian champions

It's going to be a long season of Joey Barton's trolling.

Rangers' new midfielder has no filter when it comes to giving his opinion on everything from football to philosophy. And the matchless rivalry that exists between Barton's new side and Celtic means that we can expect some fiery exchanges on the 33-year-old's Twitter throughout a season which will see Celtic and Rangers competing in the same league for the first time in four years. More eyes than ever will be on the Scottish Premiership due to a number of reasons, the two biggest of which are Barton and new Hoops boss Brendan Rodgers. Rodgers took charge of his first competitive game for Celtic on Tuesday night and, needless to say, it did not go well as they suffered a surprise defeat to Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar. And in spite of Rodgers' insistence that "there was no embarrassment" after the game, Barton could not contain his amusement at the plight of his rivals. https://twitter.com/Joey7Barton/status/752972633931669505 We're sure that Barton is no stranger to getting abuse in his Twitter mentions and must have expected the vitriolic reaction that his post would provoke.

@Joey7Barton you playing in europe this year?

— Barry McCann (@Bazzinho9) July 12, 2016

@Joey7Barton imagine what @LincolnRedImps would do to @RangersFC you mug — Guy Dumas (@guyzoumas) July 12, 2016

@Joey7Barton almost as funny as that time you joined Rangers knowing you couldn't hack the premiership. #turnip

— LewisClemmet (@LewisClemmet) July 12, 2016

@Joey7Barton you can't even play in Europe HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ? — Piper ☯ (@Pippaconda) July 12, 2016

@Joey7Barton when was the last time you played in Europe dick head ? Couldn't even get in the England team

— Steven Adams (@stevenjadams88) July 12, 2016

@Joey7Barton ?????...Browns gonny smash you pic.twitter.com/xr0OHHrNzJ — Andy (@andyboii77) July 12, 2016

@Joey7Barton many caps you got?

— pop 15 (@Gazzacusgxo) July 12, 2016