Rears footballers, entertaining team (9)

I believe the answer is:

backsides

'rears' is the definition.
('backside' can be a synonym of 'rear')

'footballers entertaining team' is the wordplay.
'footballers' becomes 'backs' (back is a kind of footballer).
'entertaining' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'backs' enclosing 'side' is 'BACKSIDES'.

(Another definition for backsides that I've seen is " seats".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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