Local's preferred Football Association takes odd view (4)

I believe the answer is:

fave

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'local's preferred' is the definition.
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'football association takes odd view' is the wordplay.
'football association' becomes 'FA' (FA is short for the Football Association).
'takes' says to put letters next to each other.
'odd' indicates alternate letters.
The alternating letters of 'view' are 've'.
'fa'+'ve'='FAVE'

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(Other definitions for fave that I've seen before include "Most popular" , "Best-loved" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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