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The cacophony of boos that greet the Premier League and Champions League anthems before kick-off have now become a fixture at Etihad Stadium.
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that → publish → Stadium
The jeers from Manchester City fans were turned up a notch against Ipswich last Saturday when the side played their first home game since being found guilty of breaching the Premier League's financial rules.
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side → turn → rules
"I can't remember a Premier League or Champions League home game where the anthems haven't been booed," City season-ticket holder Dave Wilson told BBC Sport.
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Wilson → remember → Sport
The pre-match dissatisfaction towards top-flight chiefs can likely be traced back to February 2023, when the 115 charges for breaching the rules were first announced.
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charges → trace → rules
Later that same year, Everton had 10 points - reduced to six on appeal - deducted after being found to have broken profit and sustainability rules.
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points → have → rules
In their first game back after the sanction, Toffees fans displayed their ire at Goodison Park by loudly booing the league's pre-match anthem as well as holding up red cards with the word 'corrupt' printed underneath the Premier League logo.
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fans → display → logo
Though City supporters did not organise a similar display, their anger was clear.
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anger → organise → display
"The Premier League anthem has been booed by City fans for many years," said Wilson.
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Wilson → boo → years
"It was probably heightened on Saturday because it was the first home game since the [guilty verdict] announcement.
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it → heighten → announcement
For certain games it will be louder than others, it definitely wasn't co-ordinated for that [Ipswich] game but a symptom of everything coming together.
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everything → co → game
City fans' displeasure towards Uefa goes back even further, there being a litany of disputes with Europe's top brass.
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displeasure → go → brass
In 2012, Porto were handed a fine, external of around £17,000 by Uefa after City made a complaint of racial abuse towards striker Mario Balotelli to the organising body.
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City → hand → body
In that same season, City were given a fine, external of around £24,000 for being one minute late back on to the pitch for the second half of a game against Sporting.
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City → give → Sporting
In 2014, Uefa fined City £49m and capped their squad size for the Champions League after they failed Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.
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they → fin → rules
Six years later, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) overturned City's two-year ban from European club competitions after clearing them of "disguising equity funds as sponsorship contributions" - Uefa initially ruled City had committed "serious breaches" of FFP regulations between 2012 and 2016.
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City → overturn → 2012
Wilson adds: "City fans generally feel there is a conspiracy against them, like the booing of the Uefa anthem too.
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fans → add → anthem
"City fans just don't seem to like the competitions we play in!"
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we → seem → competitions
City and their supporters are currently in limbo as they await the outcome of the appeal and any potential sanctions.
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they → await → appeal
The side are currently top of the table having won all seven league games so far and that 100% record will be given a stern examination with a difficult trip to Aston Villa on Saturday (kick-off 12:30 BST).
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record → win → Saturday
Nick Clarke is interim chair of The Citizens Trust - Manchester City supporters' union, a member-led trust that was set up earlier this year at a time when the "potential biggest issue affecting City fans in the club's history" had transpired.
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issue → lead → history
Though it has been a "difficult time", fans are "completely behind the team" and he says his job is to ensure their views are heard amid the external noise.
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views → say → noise
"The booing of the anthem on Saturday was totally organic," says Clarke.
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Clarke → say → Saturday
"Whereas the bananas at Liverpool was a fan-led initiative co-ordinated by the 1894 atmosphere group and they did great work handing those out before the game.
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they → lead → game
"Even though there are fans who are conflicted about what has happened with the club, there is still a general feeling among the majority [of City fans] that the Premier League is not fit for purpose in regulating itself and how it is ran."
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it → be → itself
Whatever the outcome of the appeal, City fans are likely to continue making their feelings clear before kick-off.
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feelings → continue → off
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