top-flight

Example Sentences

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The 20-year-old was given his first-team debut on a cold evening in the cauldron of the top flight.

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If the Fletcher twins do feature at Turf Moor on Wednesday, they would join a exclusive group of sons to be managed by their fathers in the English top flight.

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Dutch legend Ruud Gullit was appointed Chelsea manager in 1996 and became the top flight's first black head coach.

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Twelve years later, in 2008, Paul Ince became the first black English manager in the top flight when he took over Blackburn Rovers.

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West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo is the only other current top flight boss of colour.

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