Working together like many a football team (2,6)
I believe the answer is:
in league
'working together' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'like many a football team' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'many' could be 'l' and 'l' is found within the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
'like' could be 'eg' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'eg' is found in the leftover letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for in league that I've seen before include "Co-operating" , "United" , "belonging to a competitive group of teams" , "Collaborating" , "as teams usually are" .)