| MORAN | First player to be sent off in the FA Cup Final (5) |
| SMALL | James ....., first South African to be sent off in a rugby union international (5) |
| MACCLESFIELD | The first sixth-tier team to beat a top-tier team (Crystal Palace) in the FA Cup (12) |
| ABIDE | --- With Me, hymn which has been sung before the FA Cup Final since 1927 (5) |
| DEANE | Scorer of first ever goal in the FA Premier League (5) |
| WORNS | Christian ___ , Germany defender sent off in the 1998 World Cup against Croatia (5) |
| FREDA | Female looking foxy in the FA (5) |
| OSAKA | First Asian tennis player to be ranked #1 in singles |
| LYDIA | ___ Ko, youngest player to be ranked #1 in professional golf |
| EIGHT | Number of times Spurs have won the FA Cup (5) |
| TENON | Connection suggesting a footballer's been sent off? |
| WEMBLEY | In 1923, the FA Cup Final was held for the first time in which London stadium? (7) |
| ABIDEWITHME | Hymn sung before the kick-off of the FA Cup Final (5,4,2) |
| PARDEW | Manager who took Crystal Palace to the FA Cup final in May 2016 and was sacked in December 2016 (6) |
| MULLERY | Alan ?, first England footballer to be sent off, against Yusgoslavia in 1968 (7) |
| TAR | Top player first to be sent off pitch |
| HESS | Bad German in game about to be sent off (4) |
| MUNSTER | Falcao's last to be sent off for United in very large German city? (7) |
| WITHME | Hymn by H F Lyte traditionally sung at the FA Cup Final (5,4,2) |
| REDHEADS | Orders to be sent off by police officer from Yorkshire resort (8) |
