Guilty of 114 charges

[whelk]

8 hours ago, Sarnia Cherie said:

That's my understanding too. Clutching at straws I suppose. Burnham, after his remarks about not wanting the owners to sell up has now had to say that Manchester City are not above the law. Somebody needs to tell him that politics and sport don't mix.

People are keen to piss themselves at anything these days. 

[egg]

9 hours ago, saintant said:

They used this argument and it was kicked out by the Independent Panel so not sure why they're going with it again. I thought that anything in the original case could not be repeated now and they have to come up with new evidence supporting their grounds in the appeal.

Incorrect. Appeals focus on whether the original panel/court/tribunal got it wrong, not new evidence. 

[Football Special]

On 30/09/2026 at 19:57, VectisSaint said:

He was the Mayor of Manchester, probably had a lot of contact with them and their supposedly massive investments in the City. 

Absolutely right. Man City/ owners have helped considerably to the regeneration of that area so its not surprising Burnham will have got on well with them in that role , they would have bought a lot of goodwill not that it will be much use for them now 

[Football Special]

16 hours ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

 

Feels like this might be what really does for the owners, if directors had been signing off accounts knowingly understating wages and therefore tax paid on them that should be an easy target for tax authorities to go after. 

Football finances do make me laugh though, I'd still rather City's owners investing their own cash than Man Utds debt based Glazer leveraged buy out that put the debt on the football club rather than the individuals making the purchase 

 

[saintant]

I see the FA have spoken out against Man City following them being found guilty and stated they will step in where appropriate so sounds like they could well get involved.

[CSA96]

 

[Bushey Saint]

47 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

 

Was waiting for that shoe to drop.  And if that comes to pass then I'm just walking away from football.  Already sick to death of the political shenanigans at FIFA/UEFA/<insert other Federations> level, but if it comes down to one sovereign nation interfering in the domestic sporting arrangements of another?  Beep that.  As far as I'm concerned EPL, EFL and FA can all go to hell, I'll find something else to amuse me.

[bpsaint]

1 hour ago, CSA96 said:

 

City fans on their forum mentioned a couple of days ago that it was only a matter of time before the UAE put pressure on the city and threaten to pull out of the UK, and here we are!!

Edited 1 hour ago by bpsaint

[Weston Super Saint]

1 hour ago, CSA96 said:

 

Posturing and bullshit. They aren't pulling out of anything that makes them stupid amounts of money.

[benjii]

Arabs do practice the withdrawal method.

[badgerx16]

City have lodged an appeal, saying they have submitted "a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence". If the evidence is "irrefutable", why wasn't it submitted during the hearings at which they were found guilty ?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

6 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

City have lodged an appeal, saying they have submitted "a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence". If the evidence is "irrefutable", why wasn't it submitted during the hearings at which they were found guilty ?

The investigation has gone on a long time. It important that the note saying "their evidence is irrefutable" is written by the current PM.