MAN CITY FAN VIEW: My club's relationship with financial skullduggery has left me yearning for the comedy club days, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH

Daily Mail - Sep 25, 2026

LAWRENCE BOOTH: For those of us who supported Manchester City long before they were accused of financial skulduggery, it has been a strange few years.

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