second division

noun

Sports.

the half of a league comprising the teams having the poorest records at a particular time.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of second division¹

First recorded in 1895–1905

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When River were relegated to the second division in 2011 for the first time in their history, the players were locked inside the dressing room for three hours while fans rioted and burned parts of El Monumental.

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Former England opener Mark Stoneman has been drafted in from Second Division Middlesex but the loss of Pakistan seamer Mohammad Abbas could leave a big hole in their wickets column.

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Normal, hard-working and humorous are all traits he shares with Shankly who transformed Liverpool from a second division club into a winning team.

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Aneesha Morrow, forward, LSU: The DePaul transfer in her second year at LSU leads the country in rebounds with 13.6 per game and is the second Division I player to record 100 career double-doubles.

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A second Division 1 league, something no other country in the world has, would certainly be that.

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second derivative seconde

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