Let there be blanks instead of Manchester City’s name on trophies: there was no honour there | Jonathan Wilson

Jonathan Wilson argues that Manchester City should be stripped of the titles they won between 2009 and 2018, leaving blank spaces in the record books rather than awarding trophies retroactively to runners-up. Citing findings from an independent commission regarding financial rule breaches, Wilson writes that City won those honours unfairly and that rival clubs like Sunderland, Manchester United, and Liverpool were cheated out of silverware and opportunities.

Wilson contends that retroactively reallocating trophies diminishes the genuine sporting experience of winning, rendering titles arbitrary years later. Instead, the writer believes leaving the roll of honour empty for those seasons would serve as a powerful monument to justice and a lasting rebuke against financial subversion in English football.