JEFF POWELL MBE: Anyone who believes City are English football's only miscreants is delusional - more than one other club is privately grateful to them for taking all the heat. This is my five-point plan to truly repair the people's game
Football can come out of the Manchester City scandal better, fresher and bolder if it nerves itself to deal with these underlying flaws which are destabilising the game.

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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated politics brief. The source report from Daily Mail says: Football can come out of the Manchester City scandal better, fresher and bolder if it nerves itself to deal with these underlying flaws which are destabilising the game.
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- Primary source: Daily Mail
- Published: Oct 2, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC
- Coverage area: Politics
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