league football
Britishnoun
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Also called: league. rugby league football
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an Australian Rules competition conducted within a league rather than a football association
Example Sentences
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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
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
United are the first side in English league football to lose three consecutive home league games by at least a five-goal margin.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 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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