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No City decision published in 1,330 days

You read that City were found guilty. Three days later, and 1,330 days after the charge, there is still nothing to read.

28 Sep 2026 · 4 min read · 13 sources
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THE HISAAB

Two of these four numbers are zero

Days since the charge
1,330
Decisions published
0
Punishments imposed
0
Days to Forest's first decision
63

Two of these four numbers are zero

Source · Premier League charge statement, site check · 28 September 2026

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WHAT YOU THINK HAPPENED

Guilty and punished are two different stages

What you think

You read that a panel found against City, so the punishment comes next.

What the record shows

0published decisions

Guilty and punished are two different stages

Source · Reported finding, checked against premierleague.com, where none is published · 28 September 2026

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WHAT THE CALENDAR SAYS

The league kept playing while the case ran

2018
City finish on 100 points
2023
Manchester City charged
Everton lose 10 points
2024
Forest lose 4 points
2026
Chelsea settle instead
City, still nothing published

So the reported finding sits there with nothing attached. Meanwhile three other clubs had their cases dealt with while City's first stage stayed open.

Source · Premier League statements and Opta Analyst · 2018 to 2026

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TWO CLOCKS

Forest's whole case took 113 days

days
1,330 days in all

The calendar showed one case finished and another still open.

Source · Premier League statements on Forest and City · 2023 to 2026

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WHAT OTHERS GOT

Everyone else's punishment has a number

points
10 Everton, Nov 2023

Chelsea and Forest were credited with cooperation after admitting the breach. So far, the cases that ended fast were the ones the club admitted.

Source · Premier League statements. Rate £1 = ₹126.94 · 27 September 2026

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HOW FAR OVER

Rank them by overspend and one is missing

34.5 overspend, £m
Nottingham Forest, 2022/23 Lost 4 points
34.5
Everton, 2021/22 Lost 10 points
19.5
Everton, 2022/23 Lost 2 points
16.6

The bars ranked what each club lost. Rank the published cases by how far each went past its limit, and City is missing. Forest went furthest over, but did not lose the most points.

Source · Premier League statements on Everton and Forest · 2023 to 2024

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