| CHARLTON | Jack ___ , English ex-World Cup winner who managed Ireland's football team from 1986 to 1996 (8) |
| QUEK | Sam ___, English ex-field hockey player who became a captain on Question Of Sport in 2021 (4) |
| BENCOHEN | England World Cup winner who dyed his hair blond during lockdown (3,5) |
| GREALISH | Jack ___ English soccer star whose 2021 move to Manchester City was one of the most expensive transfers in EPL history |
| DESMONDTUTU | Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 (7,4) |
| BEADLESABOUT | Practical joke and hidden camera show which ran from 1986 to 1996 (7,5) |
| ISRAEL | - - - Dagg, 2011 World Cup winner who retired because of a knee injury (6) |
| AVIVA | ____ Stadium, home ground of Ireland's rugby union and Republic of Ireland's football team (5) |
| KETCH | Jack ___, English hangman whose victims included the Duke of Monmouth in 1685 (5) |
| STRAW | Jack _; English politician (5) |
| DOMENECH | Raymond ........ , manager of Lyon from 1988-93 and the France national football team from 2004-10 (8) |
| SPARTANS | Blyth ____, football team from Northumberland founded in 1899 (8) |
| BESTTEAM | Cup winners who could just be tamest (4,4) |
| BENETTON | F1 constructor that participated from 1986 to 2001 (8) |
| IANHEAPS | Ex-World/European champ / fishery boss (*in a shape) (3,5) |
| STMIRREN | Scottish football team from Paisley, "The Buddies" |
| STEELERS | Football team from Pittsburgh |
| PRAISEBE | TVNZ religious programme which ran from 1986 to 2016 (6,2) |
| OXIDISE | Old football team from Dublin loses the lead to sharp-type - this is what it means to go rusty (7) |
| TULLOCH | Trainer A's Cox Plate/Caulfield Cup winner who earned a commemorative postage stamp in 1978 (7) |
