| MACARI | Lou ------, former footballer (6) |
| VINCENT | Lou ..., former Black Cap (7) |
| REED | Lou, former singer with The Velvet Underground rock group (4) |
| ZIDANE | Zinedine --, French former footballer (6) |
| ARCHIE | Mr Gemmill, former footballer (6) |
| JORDAN | Joe ---, former footballer (6) |
| PEOPLE | Work retained by former footballer for nation (6) |
| CROUCH | Peter _, former footballer (6) |
| BRIDGE | Former footballer married to Frankie, Wayne _ (6) |
| COLEEN | _ Rooney, celebrity married to former footballer Wayne (6) |
| VINNIE | - Jones, former footballer and actor (6) |
| ROONEY | Wayne _, former footballer (6) |
| CROOKS | Garth ------, pundit and former footballer (6) |
| DWIGHT | Mr Yorke, former footballer (6) |
| CURRAN | Hugh ___, Scottish former footballer (6) |
| GARETH | Welsh former footballer, _ Bale (6) |
| ASHLEY | __ Cole, former footballer (6) |
| GRAEME | --- Souness, former footballer (6) |
| PEBBLE | B&B kept by former footballer -one by the sea? (6) |
| ARTETA | Mikel _, Spanish former footballer who is the head coach of Arsenal (6) |