PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[Levyblue]

Parasites.

gutter journalist bastards

 

[The perfect fumble]

The dirty tricks campaign from these clubs has damaged them as much as us.

That is as wrong as wrong can be.

There are undiscovered tribes in the Amazon rain forest who know that City are cheats.

 

[The Reckless Pen]

My first post

1. Differences between UEFA Rules and Premier League Rules

The Premier League Rules should be a carbon copy of UEFA Rules.

The main difference between the Premier League and UEFA is UEFA have a Statute of Limitations, which limits the availability of evidence to 5 years. The PL do not have that. However, under English Law, most companies have to comply with The Limitations Act 1980. The Limitation Period in England is generally 6 years.

UEFA have rules in regards to where evidence comes from and it can’t come from illegal sources. City qualified several times that the hacked and stolen emails were illegal in the CAS case, but said they would co-operate with defending the allegations regardless. However, if you look at the the PL Handbook, it states that the source of data and evidence is an irrelevance as far as they are concerned. This surely will form part of City’s defence that some (if not all) of the evidence provided by the PL will have come from inappropriate sources (Der Spiegel, Rui Pinto and Football Leaks) and there will be a huge lack of credibility with that evidence.

What takes precedence when 2 contrasting rulebooks (UEFA and PL) have discrepancies or different rules? What takes precedence when European Law regarding limitation periods differs to English Law?

 

[TonyM]

Parasites.

I blame the PL, FA, all the clubs and all the player/manager unions for not sueing the liars years and years ago. Tabloids should never had a chance to create a media culture that gets away with blatant back page lies.

Again it's an opportunity for the Super League to do something positive if it ever comes in. Sue any reporter that reports a rumour without proof.

But the people who'd setup a Super League would be just as corrupt/useless/morally-bereft as the current lot. Unfortunately.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

That is as wrong as wrong can be.

There are undiscovered tribes in the Amazon rain forest who know that City are cheats.

That's true but I believe the hate campaign against us has motivated Pep and the players and we have destroyed them on the pitch. I also believe that people like Levy (Spurs), John W Henry (LFC) and Woodward and Gill (MUFC) became fixated so much on damaging City they neglected their own clubs. I accept your general point on reputational damage for City.

 

[jaseisblue]

The whole objective of this shit was to forever tarnish the name of the club. I live in Oz now and Aussie English premier league followers ask me about if we’ve cheated etc and when I explain the shit behind it they are accepting that it is purely out of jealousy/spite.
Nevertheless it’s the fact that before I’ve explained what’s really going on they think we are cheats, so from that perspective it’s mission accomplished for the shithouse press.
It will take a generation to stop this shit because the kids of now that love city will be the future sport reporters and football programme producers of this world and maybe the tide will turn.
So alas fellow blues, we must revel in the boiled piss until that day comes.

 

[citizen_maine]

No, the PL cannot arbitrarily relegate City to the Championship as it’s not a competition they administer, promotion and relegation today being under agreement with the a Football League.

They could handle a relegation if the Football League would approve it, but the Football League clubs would raise hell if it ever was anything close to a reality.

It’s nothing more than a clickbait topic.

They can dock points though
70 should do it

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

reason Fergie had him banned from United

The Govan Bully was so bloody arrogant that he banned anybody and everybody who did not lick his or the rags arse so you may be correct.

Rob Harris proved himself to be a complete **** when interviewing Pep on that specific occasion and really should have been banned from City Press Conferences with immediate effect .

 

[deano ou812]

The Govan Bully was so bloody arrogant that he banned anybody and everybody who did not lick his or the rags arse so you may be correct.

Rob Harris proved himself to be a complete **** when interviewing Pep on that specific occasion and really should have been banned from City Press Conferences with immediate effect .

Hopefully if he’s at Wembley next Saturday someone can throw the fucker off the tiers ..

 

[Centurions]

My first post

1. Differences between UEFA Rules and Premier League Rules

The Premier League Rules should be a carbon copy of UEFA Rules.

The main difference between the Premier League and UEFA is UEFA have a Statute of Limitations, which limits the availability of evidence to 5 years. The PL do not have that. However, under English Law, most companies have to comply with The Limitations Act 1980. The Limitation Period in England is generally 6 years.

UEFA have rules in regards to where evidence comes from and it can’t come from illegal sources. City qualified several times that the hacked and stolen emails were illegal in the CAS case, but said they would co-operate with defending the allegations regardless. However, if you look at the the PL Handbook, it states that the source of data and evidence is an irrelevance as far as they are concerned. This surely will form part of City’s defence that some (if not all) of the evidence provided by the PL will have come from inappropriate sources (Der Spiegel, Rui Pinto and Football Leaks) and there will be a huge lack of credibility with that evidence.

What takes precedence when 2 contrasting rulebooks (UEFA and PL) have discrepancies or different rules? What takes precedence when European Law regarding limitation periods differs to English Law?

The PL have charged us, it's absolutely nothing to do with UEFA or European law. UEFA had their shot and missed by a country mile.