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Football club I sense is very bad (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

villainous

'very bad' is the definition.

'football club i sense' is the wordplay.
'football club' becomes 'Villa' (Aston Villa FC).
'sense' becomes 'nous' (nous is a kind of sense).
'villa'+'i'+'nous'='VILLAINOUS'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for villainous that I've seen before include "criminal" , "really bad" , "very unpleasant" , "dramatically bad" , "Nasty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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