Maybe Tony runs more than small football club? (9,6)

'football club?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'maybe tony runs more than small' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'runs' could be 'r' (abbreviation in cricket) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'more' could be 'over' (I've seen this before) and 'over' is found within the answer.
'small' could be 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size) and 's' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?