A term used to as an insult to define an Association Fooball league that lacks depth of quality.
A farmers league can have a couple of
good teams in it, but if the rest are that
bad that a "farmer" could play in it, then it can be labelled a farmers league.
Plumbers league is a term that infers the same meaning and is used on occasion.
A league that is
won by the same side, over and over again is not necessarily a farmers league, as it can still have other strong teams in it.
Ligue
1 is a
good example of a farmers league as it only has
1 good side. The rest of the league consists of mediocrity.
Bundesliga and Serie A are not farmers leagues, as both leagues are full of
good sides.
Ligue
1 is a dead set Farmers League. With the exception of PSG, it is mud. My
uncle , who's a plumber, could get a game for a club
like Strasbourg. My aunty, who's a farmers wife, would get a game for Auxerre.
