| EVERTON | English football team in the Premier League, founded in 1878 (7) |
| VILLAINY | Bad conduct from English football team in yard (8) |
| CRAIGBELLAMY | The first player to score for seven different teams in the Premier League |
| SANJOSE | ____ Earthquakes, MLS football team in the U.S. founded in 1994 (3,4) |
| DIAWARA | Souleymane ....... , Senegal defender who played in the Premier League for Charlton in 2006/07 (7) |
| DIGGORY | Reddleman in 1878 Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native (7,4) |
| NZOGBIA | Charles ___, French footballer who played for Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa in the Premier League, having begun his career at "23" |
| ALHABSI | Omani goalkeeper who played for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League from 2006 to 2011. (2-5) |
| SHOTPUT | Yell, welcoming leaders in the premier Olympic event |
| ZIYECH | Dutch-born midfielder who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League; he was a member of the Dutch national team in his early international matches before joining Morocco's team in 2015 and then represen |
| AFL | American football league founded in 1959 that later merged with the NFL (1,1,1) |
| HAWTHORNS | Football league ground which is the highest above sea level in the Premier League |
| ARIZONACARDINALS | The oldest continuously-run professional football team in the United States (7,9) |
| NODES | One of the premier clubs in the Premier League |
| MANCHESTERUNITED | One of the premier clubs in the Premier League |
| DEANE | Brian, striker who scored the first goal in the Premier League in 1992 (5) |
| BRIANDEANE | Striker who scored the first goal in the Premier League in 1992 |
| WOMENVOTERS | Members of a 'League' founded in 1920 |
| NBA | One of the USA's four major sports leagues, founded in 1946 |
| SARPSBORG | City in Ostfold, Norway, with a football team in the country's top division, the Eliteserien (9) |
