Football team taking some frightful hammering (6)
I believe the answer is:
fulham
'football team' is the definition.
(Fulham FC is a football team)
'some frightful hammering' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (some of the parts of the word are used).
'FULHAM' is hidden within 'frightful hammering'.
'taking' is the link.
(Other definitions for fulham that I've seen before include "South-west London football club" , "London football team" , "Loaded dice" , "Die" .)