| BRAMALLLANE | Home of Sheffield United FC and Sheffield Eagles rugby league team |
| THEBLADES | Nickname for Sheffield United FC, and a hint to parts of answers to asterisked clues (9) |
| TONGA | Sea Eagles rugby nation (5) |
| HILLSBOROUGH | Football stadium which has been the home of Sheffield Wednesday FC since 1899 (12) |
| BRAMALL | ___ Lane, home ground of Sheffield United FC |
| BLADES | Nickname of Sheffield United FC (6) |
| WEDDED | Regularly dread following team of Sheffield United (6) |
| WELHAM | Kris -, Sheffield Eagles and former Salford and Hull KR rugby league centre |
| SENIOR | Keith --, rugby league footballer who played for Sheffield Eagles, Leeds Rhinos, Great Britain, and England (6) |
| ANTONIO | Michail, striker who plays for West Ham United FC and the Jamaican national team (7) |
| VIOLLET | Dennis -, former Manchester United FC and Stoke City inside forward capped twice by England (7) |
| DIOP | Issa -, West Ham United FC and France youth defender (4) |
| GROOM | Aaron _, 2008-2014 Fiji and 2009-10 Sheffield Eagles scrum-half (5) |
| KEAR | John ...., 1978-88 Castleford Tigers wing; 1997-99 Sheffield Eagles, 2006-11 Wakefield Trinity, 2017-22 Bradford Bulls and 2022-23 Widnes Vikings head coach (4) |
| YERE | Menzie ...., former Papua New Guinea centre; Sheffield Eagles all-time top try scorer (4) |
| DAVE | and 28ac, Former manager of Wimbledon, Watford and Sheffield United among others, nicknamed Harry |
| IFILL | Paul ....., Barbados and ex-crystal Palace, Millwall and Sheffield United player now with Hawke's Bay United (5) |
| TRUSTY | United States and Sheffield United defender (6) |
| AUSTON | United States and Sheffield United defender (6) |
| EGAN | John .... , Republic of Ireland and Sheffield United defender (4) |
