It is the biggest disciplinary case in Premier League history.

The outcome will define top-flight football in the 2010s - as well as this decade.

It is a battle between Manchester City and the Premier League - but who will prevail?

Last week, round one went to the Premier League as an independent panel found City guilty of the majority of the 115 charges they faced.

But we still don't know what the punishment might be, and City will appeal.

It's a complex picture, and details of the case stretch back 17 years.

Here, we piece together City's on-field endeavours with the alleged wrongdoing to lay out the timeline.