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Farmers league
What is considered the Farmers league?
What is the definition of the Farmers league?
Who does the Farmers league refer to?
In European football, there is the idea that the “top five leagues” comprise of the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1. Of these European competitions, fans accuse Ligue 1 of being a “farmers league”. Additionally, of those five, it is generally considered that Ligue 1 is the least elite of the competitions.
The term “farmers league” is used to describe Ligue 1 by fans of rival leagues in a tongue-in-manner with an edge of mockery. Its definition is rather simple – by referring to Ligue 1 as a “farmers league”, they jokingly suggest that it is a competition made up of people who take up actual farming as their day job and then play football in the evening. Thus, they hint that Ligue 1 players aren’t as skilled or at the level of other footballers in the other top five European leagues.
“Farmers league” is used in a derogatory way to look down upon Ligue 1 as certain spectators feel that it is also a league that is unfairly dominated by a single top club. The league seems to be capable of being only dominated by just one club during a certain period.
The term “farmers league” is also used to reference the fact that several Ligue 1 players leave the league to play in the more ‘competitive’ likes of the Premier League – leading to it also being dubbed a “feeder league”.
Ligue 1 isn’t the only seemingly “feeder league” in football, or the only idea of a “feeder” in the sport. In the Premier League alone, there are multiple clubs who seem to always offload their best players to certain teams.
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The idea of a “feeder club” is the idea that a club develops and grows their players only to sell them for a large sum of money to a rival team when they are at their peak.