| RANIERI | Claudio ......., football manager who led Leicester to the 2016 Premier League title (7) |
| HUTH | Defender Robert, 2016 Premier League winner with Leicester (4) |
| DESIRABLE | Pat has to soar over Leicester to be approved of (9) |
| JOACHIMLAW | Football manager who led Germany to victory at the 2014 World Cup (7,3) |
| BRIANCLOUGH | Former football manager who led Nottingham Forest to two consecutive European Cups |
| MANCINI | Roberto, Italian football manager who guided Manchester City to the 2012 Premier League title (7) |
| ARSENAL | Football club who last won the English Premier League title in 2004 (7) |
| CHELSEA | Football team that last won the English Premier League title in 2017 (7) |
| SCHOLES | Manchester Utd midfielder who won 11 Premier League titles, Paul ... (7) |
| ALLEYNE | Mark ___, former England ODI cricketer who led Gloucestershire to two one-day cups and the National League title in 2000 (7) |
| KENDALL | Howard ---, late former footballer and manager who led Everton to win the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup (7) |
| ERKAMPS | Macoy ___ captained Brandon to the 2016 WHL title, leading all WHL D-men in assists. |
| HODGSON | Roy ___, football manager who took over as manager of his boyhood club, Crystal Palace, in 2017 |
| LAMPARD | Football manager who married television presenter Christine Bleakley in 2015 (5,7) |
| GALTIER | Christophe, football manager who has won two Ligue 1 titles in France (7) |
| BENITEZ | Rafael, football manager who has helmed clubs including Everton, Newcastle United and Liverpool (7) |
| KLOPP | Jurgen, German manager who guided Liverpool to the 2020 Premier League title (5) |
| AVENGER | One getting his own back on a football manager who's initially won only 50 per cent (7) |
| ROBERTHUTH | German international defender who was part of Leicester City's Premier League title-winning team in 2016 |
| ALEXFERGUSON | Football manager who won 13 Premier League titles |
