Politics

Manchester City v the Premier League: a timeline

The West Australian Steve Douglas

26 Sept 2026 05:05 AEST Summary

From the report

In an eight-year saga, Manchester City and the English Premier League have been fighting over more than 100 allegations of breaches of financial rules.

This is a summary. The indicators are not. The scores were measured over this summary alone, which is less of the article than we would like and makes them less certain.

Indicators

Niral Score 4.2 mundaneloaded

None in this text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

No word appears twice.

Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

Measurements of how this article is written, not of whether it is correct. How each one is measured.

Measured on The West Australian’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

The West Australian Manchester City v the Premier League: a timeline plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) Manchester City guilty of breaching Premier League’s financial fair play rules – as it happened plain
Brisbane Times Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules plain
The West Australian Man City guilty over hundreds of rule breaches: reports plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) Manchester City v Premier League: how the legal teams lined up plain

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by Brisbane Times, WAtoday, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
The West Australianas they published this story	4.2	0	42	-0.1	50
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	5.7	5	74	-0.2	53.6
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	12.6	18	57	0.1	51.4
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	13.2	14	33	-0.3	54.3

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The same event elsewhere

8 other outlets filed this story. The scoreboard above is what they did differently.

The Guardian Australia (Sport) Manchester City guilty of breaching Premier League’s financial fair play rules – as it happened Niral 5.7 political 0 Brisbane Times Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling Niral 8.4 political 0 The Guardian Australia (Sport) Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules Niral 12.6 political 0 WAtoday Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling Niral 8.4 political 0 The Age Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling Niral 8.4 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial charges in seismic EPL ruling Niral 8.4 political 0 The West Australian Man City guilty over hundreds of rule breaches: reports Niral 14.3 political 0 The Guardian Australia (Sport) Manchester City v Premier League: how the legal teams lined up Niral 13.2 political 0