It has been a big week for Joey Barton and, in his words, “it’s only getting bigger”. First, his team, Queens Park Rangers, were promoted to the Premier League after a play-off final win over Derby County. His wife is due to give birth to the couple’s second child any day now. And he is preparing to appear on the panel of BBC Question Time, becoming only the second footballer to have done so (former Burnley defender Clarke Carlisle was the first).