| EMERYBOARD | It's abrasive when football manager meets directors (5,5) |
| MORTARBOARD | Big gun meets directors in academic gear (11) |
| HOLSTEIN | Bar manager meets a German milk supplier (8) |
| DIRECTOR | Manager meets with detective and clergyman |
| LAUNCHPAD | Secretary meets director after a filling meal - it's a good start to a career |
| EMERY | On paper, perhaps, it's abrasive (5) |
| MANUSCRIPT | What's written when football club shares start to tumble |
| PASSREMARKABLE | Given to commenting when football move is outstanding |
| FASTANDFURIOUS | It's exciting when Football Association gets base all riled up |
| WOLF | Howler when football legend of Wales starts back (4) |
| INSEASON | Best time to eat oranges is during period when football is played (2,6) |
| CRAIGBROWN | Scotland's longest serving football manager (5,5) |
| WATERVILLE | Hometown of legendary gaelic football manager Mick O"Dwyer. (10) |
| RUNAGROUND | A football manager might become a wreck |
| ROYHODGSON | England football manager 2012-16 (3,7) |
| BOBPAISLEY | Three-time European Cup winning Liverpool football manager (3,7) |
| PORTUGUESE | The nationality of football manager Jose Mourinho (10) |
| BOOKREVIEW | Commentary on work, as fine England football manager goes in front (4,6) |
| MARKHUGHES | Former Wales international football manager whose clubs as a player included Manchester United, Chelsea, Barcelona and Bayern Munich |
| LENASHURST | Former Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland and Cardiff City football manager who died in September (3,7) |
