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In no position to score, not liking team any more? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

offside

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'in no position' is the definition.
'offside' can be an answer for 'position' (I have seen 'Illegal position' mean 'offside' so perhaps 'position' could also mean 'offside'). I'm not sure about the 'in no' bit.

'score not liking team any more?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'team' could be 'side' (both can mean a sports team) and 'side' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for offside that I've seen before include "Part of vehicle furthest from kerb" , "Illegal position on soccer field" , "A football offence" , "(in the UK) a vehicle's right" , "in no position to score goal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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