Let there be blanks instead of Manchester City's name on trophies: there was no honour there

The Guardian's Jonathan Wilson publishes an opinion piece contending that, given the 115 alleged breaches of Premier League financial rules attributed to Manchester City, any titles the club won during the period in question should be recorded with blank spaces rather than their name. Wilson argues that winning achieved through rule-breaking carries no genuine sporting honour. The piece frames the debate around how football should treat achievements tainted by sustained institutional cheating, and what historical record the sport owes to clean competitors who were denied legitimate titles. The column arrives amid ongoing scrutiny of City's case and growing calls for retrospective action.