Rule The Roost - A Tottenham Hotspur Podcast

Did Man City's Cheating Cost Tottenham A Decade Of Glory? (feat. Dan Kilpatrick)

Rule The Roost - A Tottenham Hotspur Podcast

Show Notes

Jack is joined by Dan Kilpatrick from The Athletic to react to the seismic breaking news that an independent commission has found Manchester City guilty of 114 of their 115 financial charges.

We break down the Premier League's damning statement regarding sham contracts and artificially inflated revenues, alongside City's immediate plans to appeal. We then dive into the potential sanctions—ranging from multi-year points deductions to total expulsion—and ask what this historic verdict means for the integrity of the last decade of English football.

Dan explains why Tottenham Hotspur might be the club most heavily impacted by City's financial doping, having missed out on multiple Champions League qualifications during the affected period (2009-2018). We discuss whether Spurs will seek financial reparations and speculate on how Daniel Levy would have reacted to the news compared to the current regime.

Finally, we react to Pep Guardiola's defiant message to the fans, debate whether state ownership has caused football to lose its soul, and reflect on how City's artificial dominance robbed the Premier League of organic title races between the likes of Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool and Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham.

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