City fined £35,000 for anti-doping admin error

[SebastianBlue]

What do you want the headline to be? How about 'city unable to fill a form in correctly 3 times, or is there something more sinister going on at the etihad?'

I would say we are getting off lightly

"Man City Accept Administrative Violation Charge"

Which would have been the headline had it been United. I don't dispute that it was idiotic for us to do this in the first place but I also don't think it is a stretch to assert that those media outlets are and will milk it for all it's worth in a way they likely would not for certain other clubs.

 

[CC1]

This would all be acceptable if the FA published all transgressions that are brought to their attention. It shouldn't be a secret. There should be regular lists of rule breakers - stating for example, that the clubs concerned have broken a rule before & will be punished next time. Transparency is vital - especially when the decision makers could be accused of conflict of interest. WHY is everything in football so secretive? This is the main reason Platini & Blatter got away with it for so long because the people who present proposals - which affect other clubs more than theirs - are not named.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

City are now likely to be fined by the FA, after dope testers found designated City players not present when they showed up. [Mirror]

Forgot to mention players out on loan?

Dozy buggers. Basic admin; not rocket science.

Mind you, imagine the headlines if one of our players were caught actually using PED's.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

The way we performed at Leicester and Everton is enough evidence for me , there has got be drugs involvement , raggy Gill is in the process of requesting the F.A. relegate us to the National League , on the bright side we get to play York City away again

 

[asahartford1]

Has there been a similar charge to any other other clubs, if so do we know the fine. Or is it a new charge.

If the fine is only 25k, not a problem is it. 50k less than coming out of the changing room 30secs late.

 

[snorky]

OK cheers. I ask because @Monkfish said we were getting off lightly, so assumed he knew what we were being hit with exactly.
Silly needless error but I wonder if a few extra grand will be added a la Sagna.

 

[CC1]

Has there been a similar charge to any other other clubs, if so do we know the fine. Or is it a new charge.

If the fine is only 25k, not a problem is it. 50k less than coming out of the changing room 30secs late.

Thats the point I made earlier - never heard of any club transgressing this rule. Surely we're not the only club to have changed training times or stayed over due to rescheduling of games?? Yet here we are again - in trouble for something nobody has heard of before. FFP had more or less disappeared since we were able to ride roughshod through it - but it served its purpose that year & stalled our progress. Wouldn't surprise me if we get a points deduction to ensure scum get into CL because they're f*****. if they dont

 

[oakiecokie]

City are now likely to be fined by the FA, after dope testers found designated City players not present when they showed up. [Mirror]

Which is exactly what the interviewer said on SSN.We fucked up, no-one else.

 

[CC1]

Which is exactly what the interviewer said on SSN.We fucked up, no-one else.

Agreed. But have no other clubs ever fucked up like this?? Can't believe we're the only ones in this day & age of rescheduled games

 

[oakiecokie]

Agreed. But have no other clubs ever fucked up like this?? Can't believe we're the only ones in this day & age of rescheduled games

No but by all accounts we`ve now done it on three occasions,hence the charge.We can`t keep dropping bollocks like this and then complain "what about others".We need to get our own house in order.