| MARCOVANBASTEN | Ajax, Milan and Netherlands striker and 1988-89 and 1992 Ballon d'Or winner (5,3,6) |
| MARCO | ..... van Basten, Ajax, AC Milan and Netherlands striker (5) |
| EDDIE | 1984, 1986 and 1988-89 500cc motorcycle racing World Championship winner (5,6) |
| LAWSON | 1984, 1986 and 1988-89 500cc motorcycle racing World Championship winner (5,6) |
| PETERSCUDAMORE | The first UK National Hunt jockey to record 150 wins in one season, in 1988-89 |
| BERGKAMP | Dennis ........, Ajax, Inter Milan, Arsenal and Netherlands striker (8) |
| RUUD | Van Nistelrooy, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Netherlands striker (4) |
| VAN | ...Nistelrooy, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Netherlands striker (4,3) |
| FLOYD | Jimmy ... Hasselbaink, Leeds United, Chelsea and Netherlands striker (5) |
| PERSIE | Ex-Arsenal and Manchester Utd striker and the Netherlands' top goal scorer, Robin van ... (6) |
| SEDGLEY | Steve ......., 1988-89 Coventry and 1989-91 Tottenham defender (7) |
| EDGAR | Davids ..., Ajax, AC Milan, Spurs, Ajax and Netherlands midfielder (5) |
| LALAW | Nine of its cast members received Emmy nominations for 1988-89 |
| GIVENS | Robin ___, actress married to boxer Mike Tyson from 1988-89 (6) |
| CLEVELAND | Grover ?, president of the US from 1885-89 and 1893-97 (9) |
| THYS | Guy .... , 1954-58 Cercle Brugge player-manager; 1976-89 and 1990-91 Belgium coach (4) |
| BESOM | Crowd about to welcome debuts of Everton striker and sweeper |
| ALANSHEARER | Ex-Newcastle Utd striker and top EPL goal scorer (4,7) |
| CANIO | West Ham striker and 2013 Sunderland manager, Paolo di ... (5) |
| ADELA | ____ Pankhurst, suffragette, hunger striker and youngest daughter of Emmeline (5) |
