The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 5 letter word ASTON VILLA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ASTON VILLA
- Team playing fashion house
- Team's salvation left up in the air
- Not as troubled against weakened top grade football team
- Going through block is a way round Los Angeles club
- Like to see cracking wrestling from the bottom team
- Football team playing on Sat, home perhaps
- Exhausted old dog nothing less reared to guard very traditional club
- Football team thus put on weight at holiday home?
- Football club arranged vital loans
- English leaving a granite holiday home for club
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The straight part
We know that "football team" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case football team = aston villa.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.