| VANT | Ex-Melbourne City A-League coach, John ... Schip (3,1) |
| VALKANIS | 2017 Melbourne City A-League coach, Michael ... (8) |
| SCHIP | Ex-Melbourne City and Ajax coach, John van't ... (5) |
| AJAX | 2023-24 Eredivisie club managed by John van 't Schip since October, 2023 (4) |
| MOOY | Ex-WS Wanderers, Melbourne City, Huddersfield and Socceroo midfielder, Aaron ... (4) |
| HAUL | Stormers coach John Dobson pleaded for help concerning long - - - flights (4) |
| SUVS | Little League coach vehicles |
| WARD | A word for a lookout or watch; custody or guardianship; a body of guards; an administrative division of a city; a cellblock; or, a type of hospital dormitory for patients (4) |
| MIRON | Former Brisbane and Gold Coast A-League coach, -- Bleiberg (5) |
| FF | Brisbane Roar A-League coach 2006-09, initials (2) |
| FARINA | Brisbane Roar A-League coach 2006-09 (6) |
| POSTECOGLAU | Brisbane Roar A-League coach 2009-12 (11) |
| BATH | A city; a tub (4) |
| HEART | Former nickname A-League franchise Melbourne City (5) |
| OMSK | Siberian city, a stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway (4) |
| LAKE | Water gives city a form of energy (4) |
| LENS | French city a camera component (4) |
| GAYA | Indian holy city - 'a gay' anagram? |
| BARNES | Jamaican-born ex-England winger and 1999-2000 Celtic coach, John ... (6) |
| LECKIE | Mathew ......, Australia and Melbourne City attacker (6) |
