Possibly Villa, maybe Reading — English team knocked out regularly (9)
I believe the answer is:
residence
'possibly villa' is the definition.
(I know that villa is a type of single-family detached home)
'reading english team knocked out regularly' is the wordplay.
'reading' becomes 'r' (one of the traditional three R's of education).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'knocked out regularly' becomes 'nce' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'r'+'e'+'side'+'nce'='RESIDENCE'
'maybe' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for residence that I've seen before include "bode" , "The White House" , "Dire scene (anag.)" , "flat, say" , "Dwelling place" .)