cvbragg @cvbragg.bsky.social · 13mIt's in their DNA www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comThe forgotten story of ... Manchester City flouting finance rules in 1906A punch thrown in 1905 culminated in 17 City players and four directors being banned over the club’s illegal overspending 010
cvbragg @cvbragg.bsky.social · 1hQ: So (insert retired ex-City players name) what do you think the punishment should be? A: Well it's clearly damning....but you obviously can't take away what the players achieved on the pitch... Yes...yes you can. 130
Reposted by cvbraggscarey @whistlingspy.bsky.social · 4h#shamcity try turning your back on that lads! 1105
Reposted by cvbraggNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 11hIt seems apt that Manchester City fans adopted the Poznan, a celebration where everybody looks the other way. 416661
Reposted by cvbraggKarate Jesus @karatejesus44.bsky.social · 2hJust seen this on a forum - The Poznan is actually perfect symbolically for the City fans now. Celebration while not looking at whats actually going on 🤌🏻 362
Reposted by cvbraggET Heisenberg @utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 2hGary Neville has criticised Man United for everything from Bruno Fernandes’ body language to players walking around and calling them “whinge bags.” He even told millions Bruno wanted to be subbed at Anfield when he didn’t! Man City found guilty of 114 financial breaches: “I’m not listening.” 😂 261
cvbragg @cvbragg.bsky.social · 2hRemember watching one United Vs Barca CL Final in the Printworks. Two City fans shoving random Utd fans and screaming in our faces when Barca scored. Cretins. Have always had a beer to celebrate City getting dumped out of the CL since. Hope they are having a lovely week 😘🍻 120
Reposted by cvbraggShane @thistimesurely.bsky.social · 2hAre we meant to be finding sympathy for the fans that have been taking the piss for 10 years (whilst knowing they were cheating)? The so-called ‘kings of Manchester’? This City is blue? Nope. They know what they are, and have known all along what they are. But they never questioned any of it. 1112
Reposted by cvbraggChris Weatherspoon @cweatherspoon.bsky.social · 2hFootball's (lack of) financial rules allowed City to post a £195million loss in 2010-11 by the way. £118m the year before that. £90m the year before that. Spare us the 'their owners were unable to spend their money' bollocks 0174
cvbragg @cvbragg.bsky.social · 2hThe Class of 92 are so out of touch with reality it's untrue. They really should just go away and try to enjoy their money. 010
cvbragg @cvbragg.bsky.social · 2hCity being ejected from the EPL will not make any difference at all. They don't have any legitimate history as a big EPL club anymore. The recently established fair-weather fanbase will dissolve in months. Their ongoing presence would actually devalue the sporting product. 000
Reposted by cvbraggThe Seldom Seen Kid @seldom-seen-kid.bsky.social · 3hYou can take their trophies, you can take their points, you can take their money, but you can never take away the fact that they once had the tallest floodlights and widest pitch in the league. 281
Reposted by cvbraggJosh @josh-butler.bsky.social · 3hOnly something as funny as the impending relegation and imminent dismantling of Manchester City can finally unite, albeit briefly, supporters of Manchester United and Liverpool in a state of mutually acknowledged mockery. 012
Reposted by cvbraggHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 3hMan City have shown zero remorse and are still belittling the legal process. Hard to see how they can expect any leniency. 3026735
Reposted by cvbraggStanis Elsborg @staniselsborg.bsky.social · 7hWith the breaking news about Manchester City's cheating, I think its time to make all of you aware of this group of people! The City case underlines the value of persistent investigative journalism. Great initiative by @philippeauclair.bsky.social go.bsky.app/6oxTr7j 18125
Reposted by cvbraggPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 4hThe effect on the Man City players and their fans must be devastating, but it is nothing compared to the potential damage to English football if the punishment isn't appropriate. Relegation and stripping of all the titles is the minimum. #mcfc 2511416
Reposted by cvbraggKarate Jesus @karatejesus44.bsky.social · 4hNot a fan of AI slop but please can someone do an AI of pep standing up and saying to the likes of Klopp, Ferguson, Wenger etc ‘I’ve had an amazing time, it’s been SO much fun… I have and always have been… a TRAITOR!’ 001
Reposted by cvbraggET Heisenberg @utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 12hMan City when asked to provide their “irrefutable evidence.” 501481318
Reposted by cvbraggET Heisenberg @utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 13hMikel Arteta testifying against Pep Guardiola…. 181
Reposted by cvbraggDoc MUFC @docmufc.bsky.social · 5hEspecially true because they seem to think they're innocent. So they most definitely continued past 2018 (or whatever the date was). Why would they stop if they think what they're doing is legit? 011
Reposted by cvbraggLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359691992
Reposted by cvbraggPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 15hBut the law works in such a way here that, were I/we to name them for what they are, we'd be sued and wouldn't stand a chance in court. And so the grift goes on. 2874
Reposted by cvbraggC. S. M @csm0611.bsky.social · 15h“As one source with knowledge of that previous Uefa case says, “it exposes them for exactly who they are and what they did”. Boom. That’s the divs reputation forever and a day…. 072
Reposted by cvbraggSound of Football Podcast @sofpodcast.com · 18hWhat that false money more than paid for: 15/16: De Bruyne, Sterling (£99m) 16/17: Stones, Jesus, Sane (£112m) 17/18: Walker, B Silva, Ederson (£123m) 11412
Reposted by cvbraggSi Lloyd @smnllyd5.bsky.social · 16hGood thing City’s owners probably stopped all this in 2018, mind 👀 1385
Reposted by cvbraggNeil Atkinson @knoxharrington.bsky.social · 19hManchester City supporters (and the people of Manchester) should be furious. Because the first people who have had the piss taken out of them is them. Even now the City statement takes the piss. You are meant to back this pile of bullshit, it says. You are meant to back it unquestionably. 1318237
cvbragg @cvbragg.bsky.social · 16hFerran Sorianostatic.klipy.comEverything Is Fine All Ok - Chemical AliALT: Everything Is Fine All Ok - Chemical Ali 030
Reposted by cvbraggMark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 17hHarry Redknapp doesn't think Man City should be punished for fiddling the books. That's Harry Redknapp who opened a bank account in Monaco in the name of his dog to avoid tax. 28908246
Reposted by cvbraggNolan @nolanmutd.bsky.social · 17hBtw Omar Berrada worked for City in the business and operations department. He took part in this corruption and should be fired imo 6203
Reposted by cvbraggPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 17hRead this. Do. There has never been anything like it in the history of English football.resources.premierleague.pulselive.com 812232
Reposted by cvbraggMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 19hThis is not merely the worst cheating scandal in English football history, it must have a claim to be one of, if not the, most sustained and serious act of cheating in professional sports history. 57018
Reposted by cvbraggTariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 17hSome food for thought: The Companies Act 2006 makes it an offence for an officer to knowingly or recklessly give an auditor misleading, false or deceptive information (s.501), punishable by up to two years in prison. Fraud Act 2006 charges are also possible. 56930
Reposted by cvbraggPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 17hReading the independent report into Man City's financial "arrangements" now, stopping after every paragraph, saying "Jesus"..."JESUS!"..."Holy fuck!" and again. This is beyond anything anyone imagined. Also started to wonder whether criminal proceedings are in the picture now. 39523118
Reposted by cvbraggCounty Road Bobblers @cbobblers1878.bsky.social · 17hWhen's Illy Ndiaye turning up at Finch Farm with a fishing rod, a Tony Bellew signed glove and Ryan Rooney LP asking for his job back?static.klipy.comKyle Mooney: Do You Not Remember Me?ALT: Kyle Mooney: Do You Not Remember Me? 1131
Reposted by cvbraggDoc MUFC @docmufc.bsky.social · 17hOne of the only reports that highlights Pep being constantly associated with some kind of cheating, as a player and as a manager. I think his time at Bayern is the only period where he wasn't associated with cheating. 0183
Reposted by cvbraggKev MUFC @kev84-mufc.bsky.social · 17hI’ve seen a lot of people say City should be relegated to the Championship for their crimes. Why are so many people saying that?! The Championship is way too good for them! They shouldn’t be accepted into any competition until they are under new ownership, at the very least! 2204
Reposted by cvbraggMike Barclay @mikeunited.co.uk · 18hIt means the Premier League have to itself hold its hands up too - the checks and balances for club owners have been fundamentally weak. Club ownership regulations need a complete rewrite. It will damage the PL financially, for sure. But the pursuit of riches is exactly why we're in this mess. 151
Reposted by cvbraggMike Barclay @mikeunited.co.uk · 18hThat Premier League statement about Manchester City is shocking. It always felt wrong, their spending. But you never want to sound like a bitter rival. Seeing those numbers though - almost £1bn in inflated contracts - wow. Expel the cheating bastards from the League. This can't ever be ok. 2157
Reposted by cvbraggTariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 18hWe have been working on these stories for a decade now and the Independent Commission has now ruled. Even if some technicality appears, several different bodies have now discovered rampant cheating underpinned the emergence and success of the team that redefined English football. Seismic. 3629
Reposted by cvbraggChris Weatherspoon @cweatherspoon.bsky.social · 18hIn three seasons Manchester City won the Premier League, 2011-12, 2013-14 and 2017-18, they recorded £360million in commercial income from Abu Dhabi-based sponsors The independent commission found that just £43m of that was actually paid to City by those sponsors 58134
Reposted by cvbraggThariq Amir @lefalsenumber12.bsky.social · 18hThis surely also should be a moment to comprehensively review the ownership model of English clubs. Clubs shouldn’t be in the hands of nation states or vulture capitalists to begin with. 162
Reposted by cvbraggET Heisenberg @utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 18h“Do you apologise to football fans? The Premier League says 'sham' contracts, is this a 'sham' club?" Reporter questions Man City chief executive Ferran Soriano after the club was found guilty of all charges related to Premier League's financial rules…. Peak Journalism! 42410
Reposted by cvbraggTariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 18hPerhaps the most damning document in English football history. resources.premierleague.pulselive.com/premierleagu...resources.premierleague.pulselive.com 616244
