Bad reputation Independent assigned to new group of footballers – gosh! (6)
I believe the answer is:
infamy
'bad reputation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'independent assigned to new group of footballers gosh' is the wordplay.
'independent' becomes 'i'.
'assigned to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'new group of' becomes 'n' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'footballers' becomes 'FA' (Football Association abbreviation).
'gosh' becomes 'my' (both are old-fashioned expressions of surprise).
'i'+'n'+'fa'+'my'='INFAMY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for infamy that I've seen before include "Badly-behaved child" , "Disrepute" , "bad report" , "Bad reputation, notoriety" , "Shameful reputation" .)