European football

English Noun - en uncountable Association football, soccer. en 2006 David Gonthier American Prison Film Since 1930 118 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/American_Prison_Film_Since_1930/DRnuAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22european+football%22&dq=%22european+football%22&printsec=frontcover Mean Machine was the name of the British release of The Longest Yard, but instead of American football, the film is about European football, soccer. en 2008 Loek Groot Economics, Uncertainty and European Football 3 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Economics_Uncertainty_and_European_Footb/fHQnlF2LJawC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22European+football%22&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover To put it bluntly, European football will become just another American sport; commercialized, organised and managed like American football, baseball or basketball. en 2009 Daniel Barthold The Business of European Football 3 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Business_of_European_Football/lTalDMRCarcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22european+football%22&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover European football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the world. en countable The spherical ball used in association football, especially as contrasted with that used in American football. en 1985 Canadian Journal of Microbiology 31 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Canadian_Journal_of_Microbiology/ADTdAWj2eYgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22European+football%22&dq=%22European+football%22&printsec=frontcover 1078 While the Streptococcus is like an American football, Staphylococcus is closer to a basketball or a European football in shape. en uncountable en 1 — football, generally assumed to mean association football, that is played in Europe or by European clubs.