| SOUTHGATE | Gareth -, former Middlesbrough player and manager knighted in 2025 (9) |
| STEPHENFRY | British actor, comedian, TV host, director and writer, knighted in 2025 (7,3) |
| BALE | Gareth ...., former Tottenham and Real Madrid winger (4) |
| BARRY | Gareth ..... , former West Brom midfielder (5) |
| JOCKSTEIN | Scottish football player and manager who led Celtic to nine successive Scottish League championships between 1966 and 1974 (4,5) |
| ALVINDARK | Former MLB player and manager |
| MACCARONE | Massimo -, former Middlesbrough striker with 272 caps for Empoli |
| INTENDANT | Home worker engaging nurse and manager (9) |
| YOGIBERRA | Baseball catcher and manager who said "If you come to a fork in the road, take it" |
| BECKENBAUER | Franz ---, German former football player and manager, European Footballer of the Year 1972 and 1976 (11) |
| FRANZ | ___ Beckenbauer German former soccer player who won the World Cup as both player and manager |
| NORWAY | Former player and manager of Manchester United, Ole Gunner Solskjaer was born in this European country (6) |
| KEEGAN | Kevin ___, former England football player and manager (6) |
| TOMMY | Mr Burns, former Celtic player and manager (5) |
| DALGLISH | Kenny, was Celtic and Liverpool player and manager (8) |
| ALOU | Former baseball player and manager Felipe |
| NEIL | Mr Lennon, former Celtic player and manager (4) |
| GANNON | Jim ...... , former Stockport County player and manager who was boss of Port Vale from Januarymarch, 2011 (6) |
| TAYLOR | Tommy ...... , former Leyton Orient player and manager who won the 1975 FA Cup with West Ham United (6) |
| ARDILES | Former Tottenham Hotspur player and manager who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup with Argentina (7,7) |
