| GERRARD | Steven ___: former England football captain (7) |
| FINN | Steven ___, former England cricketer (4) |
| ROONEY | Wayne ___, former England football captain (6) |
| INCE | Paul ___, former England football captain (4) |
| CAULKER | Steven ___, former Tottenham Hotspur footballer; 2012 England debutant against Sweden (7) |
| GARYLINEKER | Former England football captain turned TV presenter (4,7) |
| CAPELLO | Fabio _, former England football manager (7) |
| TEARY | Woeful former England football captain gutted about article (5) |
| COLEENROONEY | Wife of former England football captain Wayne (6,6) |
| WOPHI | _ Rooney, former England football captain (5) |
| CHAPMAN | Former Indian football captain Carlton ..., who died recently. (7) |
| FRANK | Former Chelsea and England football captain engaged to television presenter Christine Bleakley (5,7) |
| DAVIDBECKHAM | Ex-England football captain (5,7) |
| VENABLES | Terry ___, former England football manager nicknamed 'El Tel' |
| KEEGAN | Kevin ___, former England football player and manager (6) |
| SOONER | Casey _, former England football player (6) |
| CHU | Steven ___, former energy secretary with a Nobel Prize in Physics |
| DIER | Eric -, England football captain against Switzerland in September (4) |
| WILLIAMSON | Leah __, England football captain (10) |
| KANE | Harry - - - -, England football captain |