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Wrong football team has managed to lose? Rats! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

singers

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'managed to lose? rats' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'wrong football team' is the wordplay.
'wrong' becomes 'sin' (I've seen this before).
'football team' becomes 'gers' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'sin'+'gers'='SINGERS'

'has' is the link.

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(Other definitions for singers that I've seen before include "Chorus" , "Choristers" , "eg Tenors" , "Vocalists" , "See 26" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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