top-flight

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Former Bournemouth manager Iraola, 43, joins after delivering the Cherries' finest top-flight season to date, finishing in sixth place.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

And ordinarily, the teams who finish 18th and 19th in the Premier League receive a bye into round two - with the rest of the top-flight teams who avoided relegation.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

As for Frank Lampard at Coventry, well he needs no introduction to the top-flight, but I am sure he will be tested over what is such a hard grind for all the promoted teams.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Liverpool followed up that 2019 Champions League success by winning the Premier League the following year - the club's first top-flight title in 30 years.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Eric, by now a full-time employee at Andersen, thought he might like a computing school; the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had a top-flight one.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz