| CAPELLO | Fabio ___, Italian football player and coach who managed the England team from 2008 to 2012 (7) |
| GARYNEVILLE | Football pundit who was assistant manager of the England team from 2012 to 2016 |
| EMIRSPAHIC | Centre back who captained the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team from 2008 until the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup |
| MIKEDITKA | Former Bears player and coach who founded a chain of restaurants in Chicagoland and Pittsburgh: 2 wds. |
| PUTINRELIEVER | Medvedev from 2008 to 2012? |
| STRACHAN | Gordon ........ , retired football player and coach (8) |
| ONEILL | Michael, football coach who managed the Northern Ireland team from 2011 to 2020 (6) |
| ERIKSSON | Sven-Goran, football coach who managed the English national team from 2001-06 (8) |
| FLASHPOINT | Canadian action drama of 2008 to 2012 about an elite police tactical unit |
| FREDALLEN | Former All Blacks captain and coach who was nicknamed 'The Needle' (4,5) |
| NAISMITH | James ---, Canadian sportsman and coach who invented basketball (8) |
| RANIERI | Claudio, Italian football coach who managed Chelsea and Leicester City (7) |
| ANARCHY | Sons Of ___, US crime drama series from 2008 to 2014 (7) |
| ZAGALLO | Mario ___, Brazil FIFA World Cup Final winner as both player and coach (7) |
| WIEGMAN | Sarina _, manager of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022-winning England team (7) |
| ENTRAIN | Card players and coach get on board (7) |
| ASUNDER | A North-east England team has ground removed in bits (7) |
| OLLIE | Cricketer who plays for the England team and Surrey County Cricket Club, _ Pope (5) |
| GORDONBANKS | Goalkeeper of the England team that won the 1966 football World Cup (6,5) |
| PHELAN | Mike ___, assistant manager of Manchester United from 2008 to 2013 and from December 2018 |
