Much joy from Football fans at seeing Manchester City finally getting their cumuppance for their decade of cheating but while many fans of other clubs are reveling in the Citizens demise, a few need reminding that their own teams have had points docked or fines for their own cheating.
With 43 teams on the list for reasons ranging from breaking Financial Fair Play rules to administration, it would almost be quicker to name the League teams which haven't been caught out trying to gain an unfair advantage but where's the fun in that so here is an alphabetical list of every team that has been docked points over the last 30 years.
AFC Bournemouth −10 and another of -17
AFC Wimbledon −3
Aldershot Town −10
Birmingham City −9
Bolton Wanderers −12
Boston United −4 and another of -10
Brentford −3
Bury −12
Cambridge United −10
Chesterfield −9
Coventry City −10 and another of -10
Crystal Palace −10
Darlington −10
Derby County −21
Everton −8
Hereford United −3
Hartlepool United −3
Leeds United -15 and another of -10 and another of -10
Leicester City −6
Leyton Orient −3
Luton Town −30 and another of -10
Manchester City - pending
Macclesfield Town −17
Middlesbrough −3
Morecambe −3
Nottingham Forest −4
Portsmouth −10 and another -9
Plymouth Argyle −10
Port Vale −10
Rotherham United -17 then others of -10, -10 and -3
Reading −6 and then -6 and another -6
Sheffield Wednesday −18 and another of -6
Sheffield United -10
Southampton −4 and then another of -10
Stockport County −10
Torquay United −1
West Bromwich Albion −2
Wigan Athletic −8 then another of -3 and then -12
Wrexham −10
That sure is a lot of teams which ended the season with an asterisk next to their name.
Monday, 5 October 2026
Cheating Football Teams
