| EDDIEHOWE | English coach who was appointed manager of Newcastle United FC in 2021 (5,4) |
| PHIL | ___ Parkinson, football coach who was appointed manager of Wrexham in 2021 (4) |
| BOBWOOLMER | Pakistan's English coach who died at the 2007 Cricket World Cup (3,7) |
| RANGNICK | Ralf, German coach appointed interim manager of Manchester United FC in 2021 (8) |
| RONALDO | Cristiano, Portuguese footballer who rejoined Manchester United FC in 2021 (7) |
| GERRARD | Steven, ex-Liverpool midfielder who was appointed manager of Aston Villa FC in 2021 (7) |
| FRANKLAMPARD | Former England midfielder who was appointed manager of Derby County in 2018 |
| ARDATURAN | 2006-17 Turkey midfielder appointed manager of TFF First League club Eyupspor in April (4,5) |
| KEVINKEEGAN | Former England footballer twice appointed as manager of Newcastle United FC (5, 6) |
| LIELABADA | Israeli winger who joined Celtic FC in 2021 (4,5) |
| ARSENAL | In 1996 Arsene Wegner was appointed manager of this English football club |
| FREDALLEN | Former All Blacks captain and coach who was nicknamed 'The Needle' (4,5) |
| PREVIEWED | Shown before conductor's cut short end of Newcastle United (9) |
| COOPER | Steve, Welsh football coach appointed manager of Nottingham Forest FC in 2021 (6) |
| EYESTRAIN | English coach tours certainly leading to complaint (9) |
| STEVEBRUCE | Former Manchester United centre back sacked as manager of Newcastle United in October 2021 after their takeover by a consortium led by the Saudi Arabian government's sovereign wealth fund |
| TRIPPIER | Kieran, English right-back who joined Newcastle United FC in 2022 (8) |
| POPE | Nick, English goalkeeper who joined Newcastle United FC in 2022 (4) |
| BURN | Dan, English left back who joined Newcastle United FC in 2022 (4) |
| SCHAR | Fabian, Swiss central defender who joined Newcastle United FC in 2018 (5) |
