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Tony Pulis says he and Stoke were ‘cheated’ in 2011 FA Cup final after Manchester City verdict

Manchester City won match 1-0 after goal by Yaya TouréClub deny wrongdoing and say ‘process is ongoing’Tony Pulis has said his Stoke City team was “cheated” out of the 2011 FA Cup after Manchester City were found guilty on virtually all counts of breaching Premier League financial rules.Pulis’ Stoke lost the 2011 Cup final 1-0 after Yaya Touré’s strike. Yet following Friday’s news that City are guilty on all but one of the more than 100 charges laid by the Premier League in February 2023, Pulis feels serious discontent. City are expected to appeal and they deny any wrongdoing. Continue reading...

Jamie JacksonManchester CityTony Pulis

GuardianSep 27Preview

Tony Blair would like Andy Burnham to take his advice on rejoining the EU. Should he? | Tom Baldwin

The former PM has been consulted by many who came after him – but Burnham might want to shake his New Labour past once and for allTony Blair can, apparently, sound slightly wistful when he describes how he once had a cloak-and-dagger meeting with Andy Burnham, who wanted to talk to him about standing for the party leadership. Before anyone gets too excited, however, this wasn’t in the past few months, during which Burnham succeeded in landing the job. The story dates back to 2010. That was when he was a callow member of Gordon Brown’s cabinet and understandably wary of his boss discovering not only his ambition to take over if Labour lost the looming general election, but also from whom he wanted advice.Much has changed since then, not least Burnham himself. His journey out of Westminster and back again – which in his telling has become an almost spiritual pilgrimage of personal redempti

Tom BaldwinAndy BurnhamLabour