City launch legal action against the Premier League | City win APT case (pg901)

Prestwich_Blue said:
There's even something in those rules that says the PL itself can decide who is a related party. It's also clear (and it's disappointing that the tribunal were clearly very naive over this) that Gulf States are the clear target.
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This part is the be all & end all of it, hence why I can't be arsed getting into discussions with Rags, Dippers & Arsehole fans. Substitute football for any other industry, & these rules would fall flat on their arse & be laughed out of any self respecting court.

Imagine buying Stan Ogden's window cleaning round, only to be contacted by the National Union of Window Cleaners telling you they have a set of rules you have to abide by to keep the industry "fair".

1. Your bucket must be evaluated by NUWC to ensure it's under a predefined size. This is so you don't gain an unfair advantage over Albert's Rag & Sponge Cleaners Ltd, by cleaning more windows in a day than Fat Albert (with his bad back), because your bigger bucket means less time spent climbing up & down your ladders.

2. Your Sponge can't be more than 7" x 4", as that contravenes rule 6B sub-section 10 of the Window Cleaners code relating to "Acceptable square inches covered per swipe".

3. Your chamois must have a unique identifying barcode, & can only be replaced after inspection by the NUWC board to ensure it's totally shagged, as buying a new chamois more than once every 9 months will give you an unfair window pane coverage advantage & therefore distort the market!

4. Your cleaning charges must be OK'd by the NUWC to ensure they're fair market value, as trying to undercut Lenny the Lampost & Bastard Son Ltd, is bang out of order. His window round has been in his family since the days of his Great Great Granddad Bobby "Shin up the lampost & bonk her up the Bum when hubby's at work" Grimshaw. This classes Lenny as window cleaning royalty, so he mustn't be challenged by any new fandangled technology like an extendable brush with a hose attached.

FFP, PSR & APT are as fucking mind boggling ridiculous as the above, BUT being a stakeholder in the PL's private members club, you have to abide by these Monty Python-esque rules or face multi-million pound fines, points deductions & possible relegation.

They're taking the fuckin piss, & the only fault I can attribute to Manchester City Football Club, is that we never took the gloves off sooner, donned the brass knuckle-dusters & steel toe-capped bovver boots, & started kicking heads in!

The silly games are thankfully over & done the fuck with!

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jrb said:
Richard Masters, can you feel the force?


You can see a change in people's attitudes
Looking to the future in much brighter moods
There's a message clearly written in the sky
Time to change and soon we'll all be flying high

Whoo oo oo ooo Can you feel the force?
Can you feel the force?
Whoo oo oo ooo Can you feel the force?
Can you feel the force?

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Jesus , not heard that for a while ! Just gonna get my lino out !
 
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