| JAMIEREDKNAPP | Former England footballer, son of manager Harry (5,8) |
| CALUM | Footballer's son _ Best, who won the second series of Celebrity Love Island (5) |
| KEWELL | Ex-Socceroos and Liverpool star and Notts County manager, Harry ... (6) |
| REDKNAPP | 2008 FA Cup winning Portsmouth manager, Harry ... (8) |
| TREVORFRANCIS | Former England footballer who died on 24 July |
| EMBOSS | Raise image of manager after middle of November (6) |
| SUPERVISOR | Cracking face guard of manager (10) |
| SOB | Greet return of manager having dismissed senior principal (3) |
| ORRIS | First of managers retiring from former car plant |
| SOBER | Serious about half of managers coming from east |
| DIRECTORATE | Body of managers created riot sadly (11) |
| FOREMEN | Sounds like a quartet of managers (7) |
| KEVINKEEGAN | Former England footballer twice appointed as manager of Newcastle United FC (5, 6) |
| ARMFIELD | Jimmy ___, former England footballer; Leeds United manager from 1974-78 (8) |
| KEEGAN | Kevin _, former England footballer and manager (6) |
| OWEN | Michael ___, former England footballer; part-owner of 2014 Irish St Leger winner Brown Panther (4) |
| ALANSHEARER | Former England footballer who joined Blackburn Rovers from Southampton (4,7) |
| RIOFERDINAND | Former England footballer (3,9) |
| PAULINCE | Former England footballer who won 53 caps from 1992-2000 (4,4) |
| SHEARER | Alan ___, former England footballer and current MOTD analyst (7) |
