Swedish fly deafened unbalanced English football team (9,9)

I believe the answer is:

sheffield wednesday

'english football team' is the definition.
(Sheffield Wednesday FC)

'swedish fly deafened unbalanced' is the wordplay.
'unbalanced' indicates anagramming the letters.
'swedish'+'fly'+'deafened'='swedishflydeafened'
'swedishflydeafened' with letters rearranged gives 'SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY'.

(Another definition for sheffield wednesday that I've seen is " Defended selfish way (anag)".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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