City fined by PL for kick-off time rule breaches

[citizen_maine]

Would have thought they have a clock/horn/bleeper in changing room to indicate when they have to leave dressing room to get back on….

They do

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Not stopped laughing at the utter paranoia on the socials about this. I’ll be generous and say maybe 35% are in the wind up, but the remaining 65%, well you can only worry for their mental wellbeing.

 

[Revolver]

What next?

Home kit is not blue enough?

If it’s the rules then City have only themselves to blame but the time wasting, attacking a team bus ….

 

[Blumooniac]

Slimey stone having a pop at us on BBC Website….

Just saw that. He really is a bitter turd. Not the slightest pretence of journalistic impartiality.

 

[hertsblue]

Slimey stone having a pop at us on BBC Website….

We really need to ban this Rag from the ground. BBC have confirmed he is the chief Rags reporter( we don't have one) so we shouldn’t let him into our ground or press conferences due to a conflict of interest as he cannot be professional and impartial.

 

[standupifyouhatemanu]

You can be a billion in debt
You can get a game called off
You can have your opponents team bus trashed so it’s unusable for the journey home
You can target your opponents most influential player 3 seconds into the game
But don’t you dare be late kicking off.
Vindictive bar stewards.

 

[curtisblues]

Does anybody know of any other Prem clubs that have been fined for the same ‘offence’?

 

[RadcliffeRick]

We really need to ban this Rag from the ground. BBC have confirmed he is the chief Rags reporter( we don't have one) so we shouldn’t let him into our ground or press conferences due to a conflict of interest as he cannot be professional and impartial.

City have the dyed in the wool rag Shamoon Hafez as our reporter, he can't mention empty seats and 115 enough times.

 

[Revolver]

Our owners have long decided they won’t go
after any biased prat effectively goading us City fans.

If we win “the case” then alls good and our haters can choke on their own bile.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

other teams also get fines for exactly the same thing. Where's the story?

Do a quick google search for "Premier League fines for delaying kick off" and you tell me where the story is ;)

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

We can laugh at this but how fucking hard is it to get the players out on time? I mean, how long does it take for Pep to tell them to slow it down and keep passing sideways?

 

[jrb]

Slimey stone having a pop at us on BBC Website….

Sly Stone going in-depth about the Southampton half-time. He's some fucking Rag journalist to remember all of that in June 2025. The ****! (if you're reading this Sly?)

The actual lead article above both of the Red **** articles, just had to shoehorn.......

'City are awaiting a verdict on 115 charges of alleged breaches of the Premier League's financial rules.'

Into the article.

As per with Sly Stone, when he's writing about City, and now the new Rag, no comments are allowed.

 

[Matt the Giant]

This means nothing unless compared to other clubs. Any statistic on that anywhere?

 

[jrb]

The story has made the main headline page on BBC News, just below the Israel and Iran war.

Massive!

 

[AshtonBlueMooner]

Our own worst enemy.
We come out late then post tunnel cam on the club website for all to see the players standing waiting in the tunnel, after the time we should be on the pitch.
Not bloody rocket science this is it.
116 / 131 in the minds of the sheep public and red shirt loving media.

 

[oakiecokie]

The story has made the main headline page on BBC News, just below the Israel and Iran war.

Massive!

Of course it will, its a £1M fine what do you expect ?

 

[oakiecokie]

Does anybody know of any other Prem clubs that have been fined for the same ‘offence’?

Plenty just bring it up on Google.

 

[oakiecokie]

A Premier League statement said: "Rules relating to kick-offs and restarts help ensure the organisation of the competition is set at the highest possible professional standard and provides certainty to fans and participating clubs.

If they can't get yer on 115 charges they'll have yer cash one way or t'other.

If we are talking about 'the highest professional standards' why do we have the shittiest refs in Europe?

Oh I say !! ;)

 

[mattcity5]

City have the dyed in the wool rag Shamoon Hafez as our reporter, he can't mention empty seats and 115 enough times.

Based on his twitter header he's probably an Arsenal fan. Not that he's worth following on there, because his account is protected and you can't follow him without him agreeing to a request.

Is that BBC policy? Well, for us it seems to be. Slightly different to what united get from Stone.

 

[richards30]

£1m in fines?!?