The word "league" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a group of people or organizations associated together for a particular purpose, typically to advance their shared political, social, or artistic aims. For example, "The Youth League is dedicated to empowering young people in the community."
But when they were asked in secret ballots most players also said that the league should require them to wear helmets.
Matching Celtic's nine-in-a-row record of Scottish league titles salved the wound on one side.
The French champions are seeking a successor to Carlo Ancelotti, who is to take up the reins at Real Madrid along with his coaching staff, having steered the French club to their first league title in 19 years and the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
The Rams are now unbeaten in 10 league games while Blackpool remain rooted to the foot of the table with one win all season.
Or, putting the geography to one side, to mid-table in the most watched league in world football via one relegation, a painful administration and 11 different managers – permanent, interim or caretaker – at Palace alone.
They have lost five in a row in the league.
"However he will miss a number of A-league games next season due to international duty, with no FIFA breaks in the A-League.
Ditto Leicester at Stoke and QPR at Everton and, indeed, Everton themselves: with Champions League qualification up for grabs, will Roberto Martínez commit to the Cup as fully as he did with Wigan?
Should Macclesfield make it to the fourth round for only the second time in their history and get paired away from home in a televised match against one of the Premier League big boys, it would be the equivalent of a lottery win.
But Smith's failure to make a major impact in Europe - the finest moment probably being the home-and-away defeat of Leeds United in 1992, later missing out on a Champions League final place by one point - led to the clamour for something new.
His record - two cups within six months of his appointment, a domestic treble in his first full season, a second title in 2005 and reaching the last 16 of the Champions League - set the context for a rueful but masterfully understated parting comment: "I'm sure those people who look at the facts will say that during a period of downsizing, I was reasonably successful".
