{"id":47117,"date":"2026-10-02T19:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47117"},"modified":"2026-10-02T19:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:19:53","slug":"manchester-city-appeals-premier-league-commission-opinion","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/manchester-city-appeals-premier-league-commission-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City appeals Premier League Commission opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Club said they submitted the comprehensive appeal on October 1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City said the Commission\u2019s opinion contained material errors of law, principle and fact on multiple grounds and was therefore unsafe. \u201cThe Club\u2019s firm position is that, on multiple grounds, the opinion contains clear material errors of law, principle and fact and is unsafe,\u201d Manchester City said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Club rejected the Premier League\u2019s accusations and maintained that a substantial body of evidence supported every position taken during the disciplinary proceedings. \u201cThe Club is innocent of the accusations made by the Premier League, and a comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence exists in support of all of its positions relating to this case,\u201d Manchester City said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No additional details were provided about the grounds of appeal or the evidence the Club intends to present.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City said further public comments would be limited while the appeal and associated proceedings continued. \u201cWe will continue to respect due process and are necessarily restricted in what we can say further until all proceedings are complete,\u201d the Club said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-47117","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Manchester City have lodged a formal appeal against a Premier League Commission opinion, arguing that the findings contain serious legal, factual and procedural errors.","published_date":"","news_description":"Manchester City have lodged a formal appeal against a Premier League Commission opinion, arguing that the findings contain serious legal, factual and procedural errors.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47136,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47117\/revisions\/47136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}