They don't, of course, since they already knew it, and we all knew that it would be September so with each passing day in the month the options grew shorter.
But now everybody knows that today the arguments will finally begin to be thrashed out in private so we can all continue to know practically nothing until a verdict is announced at some point next year.
'Ominous for Manchester City fans' was how the news was described on national radio on Friday after the date was reported in a national newspaper on Thursday.
Which, if it is, it is surely also ominous for fans of the Premier League and fans of clubs who would like to see City punished because all possibilities are on the table.
However, and more importantly, it just isn't ominous at all.
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