Manchester City faces severe consequences following guilty verdict
The Guardian Sport • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 27, 2026, 7:00 AM
Last updated Sep 27, 2026
Manchester City has been deemed guilty, with significant implications for the Premier League. The club's infractions span various seasons, leading to questions about the legitimacy of their claims to success between 2009 and 2018. Former achievements, including a notable victory over Manchester United and a crucial title-winning moment, are now under scrutiny. The Premier League's response to the aftermath of this decision remains to be seen.
- •Manchester City found guilty of multiple infractions
- •Implications affect the validity of past league successes
- •Allegations involve failures to cooperate with investigations
- •Historical context includes a 30-year recovery from a 1906 verdict
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"Premier League could be hit hard by aftermath, while Manchester City fans may know they took 30 years to recover from a guilty verdict in 1906 So it turns out none of that was real. Nothing that happened in English football between 2009-10 and 2017-18 that involved Manchester City actually happened. City beating Manchester United 6-1 at Old Trafford? Fake. Sergio Agüero’s 94th-minute winner to clinch the title in 2012? A figment of the imagination. That season City reached 100 points? Bobby Ewing dreamed it in the shower. Without those successes, City wouldn’t have been in the position they were for the past eight seasons (and 35 of the charges relate to a failure to cooperate with Premier League investigations between 2018 and 2023). The 14 successive wins that took them to the league title in 2018-19 would not have happened without what went before. Neither would the Treble of 2023 or the record four league titles in a row. Continue reading...
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