Premiership
Elite English football
Premiership is the office or tenure of a prime minister: Her premiership lasted eight years.
In British football, the Premiership refers to the top professional league, now officially the Premier League: He's played in the Premiership his entire career.
The capitalized form typically signals the football context.
Association or distance unit
- trophyAward for winning
- titleFormal honorific or name
- seasonYearly division or series
- relegationAssignment to lower status
standings · table · clubs · teams · matchday · fixtures · transfers · manager
Formal honorific or name
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
championship · honors · pinnacle · success · celebration · medal · accolade · recognition
Sovereign's time in power
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- hegemonyDominant group's control
mastery · command · control · stranglehold · grip · era · unprecedented · consecutive
Leader of a parliamentary state
- tenureProtected employment status
- governmentAuthority over a state
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
office · parliament · mandate · term · governance · authority · stewardship · oversight
league
Association or distance unit
relegation · standings · table · clubs · teams · matchday · fixtures · transfers · manager · supporters
title
Formal honorific or name
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
victory · championship · honors · pinnacle · success · celebration · medal · accolade · recognition · ceremony
reign
Sovereign's time in power
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
hegemony · mastery · command · control · stranglehold · grip · era · unprecedented · consecutive · unbeaten
prime minister
Leader of a parliamentary state
- tenureProtected employment status
- governmentAuthority over a state
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
administration · office · parliament · mandate · term · governance · authority · stewardship · oversight · direction
- rugbyscrum, try, rugby, Rugby World Cup, rugby union
- Scottish FootballCeltic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibernian
Premiershiplower divisions
Inferior competitive tiers
minor leagues · relegation zone · National League · second division · third division
Premiershipopposition
Active resistance or dissent
backbench · out of office · private citizen · political exile · retirement
Premiershipbackbencher
Rank-and-file parliamentarian
junior minister · rank and file · powerlessness · insignificance