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Sources

Every figure in the explorer comes from a file in the data/ folder, and each file records where its figures came from. This page summarises them.

The case

Results and tables

DataSourceFile
Every Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two result, 2009/10 to dateopenfootball/england, released into the public domain (CC0). Every result was checked against it; for 2025/26 and 2026/27 League One and Two, where openfootball is incomplete, results were checked against football-data.co.uk. All results agree.data/league/*.json
Points deductionsEach confirmed on the Wikipedia page for that season and division (league table notes), linked per entry.data/deductions.json
Manchester City’s matches in every competitionPremier League matches from openfootball; cup and European matches checked one by one against Wikipedia’s season articles. Each record links to its source.data/city-matches.json
How far City got in each cupCompiled from Wikipedia’s list of Manchester City seasons and season articles, cross-checked against the match recordsdata/city-cups.json
Recorded cup winners and beaten finalistsCompiled from Wikipedia’s lists of FA Cup, EFL Cup, Community Shield, Champions League, Europa League, Super Cup and Club World Cup finals. Club World Cup 2024 means the tournament played in summer 2025.data/cup-winners.json
European places for each Premier League positionWikipedia season pages (qualification notes), plus ESPN for 2025/26. Checked against the recorded tables.data/european-places.json

Money

DataSourceFile
Premier League central payments: merit per place, lowest and highest club totalsPremier League “value of central payments to clubs” releases. For 2009/10–2014/15, the Premier League tables as reproduced by Sportingintelligence. There is no official release for 2019/20 or 2025/26.data/finance.json
Parachute and solidarity paymentsPremier League releases, Sportingintelligence, the Guardian, club media. Some are worked out as the published percentage of the equal share, which is noted per season. The 2025/26 figures are marked as estimates.data/finance.json
Value of promotion (for reference)Deloitte figures as reported by the BBC and Sky Sportsdata/finance.json
UEFA entry fees and prize tariffs, 2009/10–2026/27UEFA revenue distribution articles and circulars, with the checksums from the source packdata/uefa/
FA Cup, League Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup prize moneyThe FA prize fund pages (archived), UEFA Circular 35/2023, and press reports where no primary source was found. Community Shield: no prize money.data/finance.json
Exchange ratesEuropean Central Bank reference rates, averaged July–June for each seasondata/fx-rates.json

Images

Club crests are taken from the club articles on Wikipedia (English), where they are used as non-free logos. Each crest’s source page is listed in data/crests.json. The crests are trademarks of their clubs.

Full source list

Every link recorded in the data files, grouped by dataset (311 in total). Open a group to see its sources.

The case · 2 sources
League results · 2 sources

All four divisions, 2009/10 to date. Checked result by result against both sources.

Points deductions · 24 sources

Each deduction confirmed on the Wikipedia season page for its division.

Manchester City match records · 19 sources

Premier League matches come from the league results above. Cup and European matches are each checked against the Wikipedia season article at the revision linked here (tools/crosscheck-wikipedia-city.py).

City's cup progress and recorded cup winners · 11 sources

Compiled from these reference lists and cross-checked against City's match records.

European places by league position · 18 sources

Qualification notes from each season, checked against the recorded tables.

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

2025/26

Premier League central payments · 21 sources

Merit payment per place and the lowest and highest club totals.

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

Parachute, solidarity and promotion value · 56 sources

Premier League releases, reporting and Deloitte estimates.

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

2025/26

Cup prize money · 25 sources

FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

UEFA payment tariffs · 28 sources

Entry fees, performance and knockout awards per competition season (data/uefa, with checksums in index.json).

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

2025/26

2026/27

Exchange rates · 1 source

Average of ECB monthly average reference rates, July to June of each competition season. GBP per USD = (GBP per EUR) / (USD per EUR) for each month.

Club crests · 123 sources

Wikipedia file pages for each club's crest (non-free logos; trademarks of their clubs).

Corrections

Where no figure has been published, the explorer shows n/a and never counts it as zero. If you spot an error, please email [email protected] with a link to a source, and it will be checked and corrected.

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