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I understand why the former Mayor of Manchester would prefer if the group that has invested quite heavily in East Manchester would prefer if this group stayed owners of Manchester City. But that's no excuse for denying that the club have been found guilty and need to be seriously punished

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Henry-Berkgamp as a 9/9a dup

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He was such a weird case. He certainly took the money but also played like an MVP all series

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Kicking them out now would disrupt the schedule and deny the right of 17 other fanbases to mercilessly boo, hiss and ridicule them live. Give them a massive points penalty this season (and for the next three seasons) so that relegation is a fait accompli and the fans can roast them

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What happened to the pipe and drum band? It was such a great tradition

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I know we set the standard for ceremonies, but that was really bad/boring

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What the fuck kind of opening was this?

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No pipe and drums any more?

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We were never beating LA in 2014. Kreider's a perfect fit for this roster. LFG!

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Prior to today, he's been a shameless shill for Yamal and Mbappe's Ballon D'or campaigns

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This fucking guy (not Philippe)

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I might be an anomaly. I'm quite cynical when it comes to PED (outside of combat sports.) You want to ruin your body in the future for short term gains? Go nuts!

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The scope and stakes are certainly there. But (and maybe this a very North American thing since we watched essentially a decade of PED inflated baseball) but I struggle to give a shit about doping any more

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What if the WNBA didn't force Toronto (or Portland) to accept a crappy draft deal

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I'm Canadian. I try to weigh the importance of North American/American sports versus what's important in the rest of the world. And probably impossible to say one if one is "worse" than the other. Let's agree that bribery, match fixing and financial chicanery on a massive scope are all very bad

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True. Though the MLB in the US in 1919 was probably bigger than the old First Division or most other football leagues at the time (especially in a post-WW1/Spanish Flu pandemic context). Key word is probably

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That's allegedly kinda awesome

I understand your point in terms of the degree of the malfeasance (money, timeline, complete lack of cooperation.) However, fixing the championship puts the entire enterprise into dispute. I hate what City did, but nobody threw games or bribed refs

Eight players players banned for life. No appeals

I think Calciopoli and the 1919 White Sox are still worse. But this is right up there

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 29/09/2026

I'm going to Vegas next month and I was going to place a bunch of fandom hedge bets on the City-Brighton match (City to win, draw, Haaland to score, etc.) Now I genuinely have no idea what do with it

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Any cap on what a worker can earn means that it artificially shifts money from the worker, who earned it, to the manager, who didn't. Hope that helps.

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As an accountant, asking for a massive refund (even when you're entitled to it) is when the revenue agency (in my case CRA) initiates the most stringent audits. Good luck!

Most important question: Did they pay taxes on this massive overstatement of revenues?

And I hope they have to play out this entire season, next season and maybe even the one afterward with such a points deduction that relegation is inevitable every time

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Met (C) 🏆 @afcmet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No asterisks, no bullshit. Just a straight up bottle job by the cheaters in the run in

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I am really happy that we beat them on the pitch, with Pep still in charge. Because there's no doubt we were battling against cheaters with an unfair advantage, we overcame that to still win. That makes it sweeter

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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sky peddling the lie that Man City won their case against UEFA at CAS when in fact it was simply a case of a lot of the charges were time barred so punishment could not be enforced. They were still guilty.

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I don’t want to see any more articles from City’s assertion that they will be absolved. This is beyond damming

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