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Is playing with him on goal leading to violence from fans? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hooliganism

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'violence from fans?' is the definition.
'hooliganism' can be an answer for 'violence' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'from fans?' bit.

'is playing with him on goal leading' is the wordplay.
'playing with' indicates anagramming the letters.
'leading' says to put letters next to each other.
'on'+'goal'='ongoal'
'him' after 'ongoal' is 'ongoalhim'.
'is' with its letters anagrammed with 'ongoalhim' can make 'HOOLIGANISM'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hooliganism that I've seen before include "Violence by young troublemakers" , "Unruly behaviour" , "Violent troublemaking" , "Trait of yobbo" , "Loutish behaviour" .)

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