| HOTSPUR | England's Tottenham ___ FC (7) |
| RANGERS | _ FC, football club based in Ibrox, Glasgow (7) |
| NEASDEN | ___ FC, football club that is familiar to readers of Private Eye (7) |
| SARACENS | _ FC, rugby union club based in London (8) |
| LOSANGELES | ___ FC (host team for the game) |
| UNITED | Minnesota ___ FC (Major League Soccer team) |
| ARGYLE | Plymouth ___ FC * (6) |
| SHAY | The ___, FC Halifax Town home (4) |
| FORGE | Steel City... Hamilton's soccer team, ___ FC |
| JOHNSTONE | St_ FC. football club that won the Scottish League Cup in 2021 (9) |
| PALACE | Crystal ____ FC, football team nicknamed The Eagles whose home ground is Selhurst Park (6) |
| LEFONDRE | Adam ___, FC United of Manchester, 2011-2014 Reading and 2023-2024 Hibernian striker (2,6) |
| ITALIAN | Nationality of Tottenham Hotspur FC manager Antonio Conte (7) |
| VICARIO | Guglielmo, Italian goalkeeper who joined Tottenham Hotspur FC in 2023 (7) |
| DESTINY | ____ Udogie, left back who joined Tottenham Hotspur FC in 2022 (7) |
| ARDILES | Former Tottenham Hotspur player and manager who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup with Argentina (7,7) |
| OSVALDO | Former Tottenham Hotspur player and manager who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup with Argentina (7,7) |
| GARDNER | 2000-2008 Tottenham defender; 2004 England debutant against Sweden (7,7) |
| ATTENDS | Turns up at Tottenham initially to head goals (7) |
| ALEKSIC | Milija ....... , Tottenham 1981 FA Cup Final-winning goalkeeper (7) |
