Farmers League

A term used to as an insult to define an Association Fooball league that lacks depth of quality.
A farmers league can have a couple of good teams in it, but if the rest are that bad that a "farmer" could play in it, then it can be labelled a farmers league.

Plumbers league is a term that infers the same meaning and is used on occasion.

A league that is won by the same side, over and over again is not necessarily a farmers league, as it can still have other strong teams in it.

Ligue 1 is a good example of a farmers league as it only has 1 good side. The rest of the league consists of mediocrity.
Bundesliga and Serie A are not farmers leagues, as both leagues are full of good sides.

Ligue 1 is a dead set Farmers League. With the exception of PSG, it is mud. My uncle , who's a plumber, could get a game for a club like Strasbourg. My aunty, who's a farmers wife, would get a game for Auxerre.

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