Manchester City have been fined over £1m by the Premier League after repeated delays in kicking-off or restarting matches late last season.
In the 2024-25 season, nine of City’s matches l started or restarted late. The offences came between October and February with The longest delay was two minutes and 24 seconds before the resumption of the Manchester derby at Old Trafford in December.
Manchester City had accepted and apologised for the breaches. They have 14 days to pay the fines totalling £1.08m.
A Premier League statement said: “Rules relating to kick-offs and restarts help ensure the organisation of the competition is set at the highest possible professional standard and provides certainty to fans and participating clubs.
“It also ensures the broadcast of every Premier League match is kept to schedule.”
The fines were imposed relating to City’s home games against Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Nottingham Forest, Manchester United, West Ham United and Newcastle United and their away fixtures against Crystal Palace, Aston Villa and Ipswich Town.
This is not the first instance in which the Etihad had been fined for slow starts and restarts. Last season the club were fined £2.09m for delaying 22 matches.
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Premier League 2025-26: Manchester City fixtures
August
August 16 – Wolverhampton Wanderers
August 23 – Tottenham Hotspur
August 30 – Brighton
September
September 13 – Manchester United
September 20 – Arsenal
September 27 – Burnley
October
October 4 – Brentford
October 18 – Everton
October 25 – Aston Villa v Manchester City
November
November 1 – A.F.C. Bournemouth
November 8 – Liverpool
November 22 – Newcastle United
November 29 – Leeds United
December
December 3 – Fulham
December 6 – Sunderland
December 13 – Crystal Palace
December 20 – West Ham United
December 27 – Nottingham Forest
December 30 – Sunderland
January
January 3 – Chelsea
January 7 – Brighton
January 17 – Manchester United
January 24 – Wolverhampton Wanderers
January 31 – Tottenham Hotspur
February
February 7 – Liverpool
February 11 – Fulham
February 21 – Newcastle United
February 28 – Leeds United
March
March 4 – Nottingham Forest
March 14 – West Ham United
March 21 – Crystal Palace
April
April 11 – Chelsea
April 18 – Arsenal
April 25 – Burnley
May
May 2 – Everton
May 9 – Brentford
May 17 – A.F.C. Bournemouth
May 24 – Aston Villa
