PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[argyle]

Anyone think there is a possibilty that, like what happened with UEFA, the PL panel will find us guilty no matter what evidence we provide? Forcing us to appeal and string this all out, further damaging us?

Anything City can do to stop such an event from happening?

Seems all very 'in house' for the panel to be impartial and independent.

Can City kick off about it and get it moved to the courts?

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

What team?

Fleksnes is a Norwegian TV show so I will allow the good jury to decide.

 

[BigCityBoy]

So PL can investigate back over any time period. So should we not be asking them to conduct forensic investigations into every club in the PL over the history of the PL rather than pick the one the other owners asked them to investigate? Fair Play for all???

 

[doobyedoobye]

There is absolutely no way City did not know this was in the post and there is absolutely no way we aren’t already prepared for our defense…

 

[remember arthur mann]

 

[hammocity]

As a fan of another team, I find this very interesting. But what strikes me after reading a lot of this thread is that there's a lot of blame-game going on here. I've read a lot of blame towards other clubs, the FA and PL, but very few, if any, are talking about the real case and the substance in the accusations. If there's done something wrong, which the enquiry will find out, surely there has to be consequences?

So, do you think every club should be scrutinised like we are? Guessing you have come on here to gloat.

 

[kaz7]

Are you a fully qualified lawyer kaz?

If i was i would have said i am going to sue you , oh and fuck off, lol

 

[Gordyola]

Manchester City Football Club’s challenge to an arbitral award under sections 67 and 68 of the English Arbitration Act.
https://hsfnotes.com/arbitration/20...er-s67-and-68-of-the-english-arbitration-act/

In December 2018, the Premier League (PL) commenced a disciplinary investigation into Manchester City Football Club (MCFC) after confidential documents obtained from a hack of the club’s servers suggested potential breaches of the Rules of the PL (Rules) concerning financial fair play.

The PL subsequently commenced an arbitration against MCFC seeking a declaration and/or determination that MCFC was obliged to provide the PL with requested documents and information and an order for specific performance of MCFC’s contractual obligation to deliver up documents and information which were being withheld.

In accordance with the Rules, the PL provided MCFC with a list of panel members from which the arbitrators were to be appointed (the Panel). Each party chose an individual from the panel, with those arbitrators choosing the Chair of the Tribunal, again from the panel list.

During the arbitral proceedings, MCFC subsequently challenged the jurisdiction of the arbitrators and also submitted that the tribunal did not have the appearance of impartiality. The tribunal rejected both of these challenges in an award of June 2020.

MCFC then commenced an arbitration claim in the English Commercial Court raising the following challenges to the award:

• That the Rules did not permit the PL to commence arbitral proceedings in relation to the issues raised (i.e. that on a proper construction of the Rules, the PL had no power to commence arbitral proceedings. This challenge was brought under section 67 of the Act).
• That the process for appointment of arbitrators from the PL’s Panel meant that the arbitrators were in breach of the principles of impartiality and independence and rendered the proceedings unfair (under Section 68 of the Act).
  
  more to read on the above link

They then challenged the publication of the ruling, I think supported by the PL, but failed

ENGLISH COURT OF APPEAL ORDERS THE PUBLICATION OF TWO JUDGMENTS IN AN ARBITRATION CLAIM BETWEEN MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB AND THE PREMIER LEAGUE

In Manchester City Football Club Ltd v Football Association Premier League Ltd and others [2021] EWCA Civ 1110, the English Court of Appeal considered whether to order the publication of a High Cou…

hsfnotes.com

 

[eastmanc]

They didn't say we have deliberately falsified our books.

Again they implied it.

 

[Bobby the blue]

Fuckin spurs lol

Didn’t spurs get deducted 12 points in the 90s that was later suspended or something. Same as Swindon town.
Can’t remember the ins and outs as I was a kid at the time.
Maybe some of the more senior members (most) will recall this.