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league football

British  

noun

  1. Also called: league. rugby league football

  2. an Australian Rules competition conducted within a league rather than a football association

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Norman club is owned by Kylian Mbappe, whose takeover was followed by relegation to the third tier of French league football last season.

From Barron's ● Dec. 29, 2025

In 2017, you stepped in to quarterback a minor league football team at 48.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2025

One big table with 36 teams is something we do not even see in league football, and taking it all in involves some serious scrolling.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

Singh Gill is following the lead set by his father, Jarnail Singh Gill, who remains the only English league football referee to have worn a turban.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024

Perhaps the cricket was slow from the point of view of the follower of league football, but I do not feel that this is any condemnation of it.

From Not that it Matters by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

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