ADJ
- cricket, football, etc.
- They want to start a new football league
- European, northern, etc.
- local, national
- Sunday
- He played Sunday League cricket for years
- premier
- major, minor
- major league baseball
- super
- new proposals for a European super league
VERB + LEAGUE
- create, form, set up, start
- join
- The team joined the Northern League last year
- win
LEAGUE + NOUN
- champions, leaders
- championship, cup, title
- club, side
- player
- game, match
- table
- cricket, football, etc.
PREP
- in a/the ~
- The team is now in the Premier League
PHRASES
- at the bottom/top of the league, (come) bottom/top of the league, a position in the league
- hoping to improve their position in the league
ADJ
- big, super, top, world
- This move propelled him into the political big league
PHRASES
- in a different league
- Today's technology is in a different league (= very much better)
- in a league of your own
- As a painter he is in a league of his own (= much better than others)
- not in the same league (as …)
- (= not nearly as good as),
- out of sb's league
- A house like that is way out of our league (= too expensive for us)