| KINNEAR | Joe _, late footballer and manager of teams including Wimbledon and Newcastle United (7) |
| HOULLIER | Gerald _, late footballer and former manager of Liverpool FC who passed away in December (8) |
| EUELL | Jason ...... former Jamaica forward who played for clubs including Wimbledon and Southampton (5) |
| KENDALL | Howard ---, late former footballer and manager who led Everton to win the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup (7) |
| CONNORS | Jimmy ---, American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles titles, including Wimbledon in 1974 and 1982 (7) |
| GREAVES | Late footballer who didn't play in the 1966 World Cup Final (5,7) |
| RADFORD | Ronnie ---, late footballer who scored one of the FA Cup’s most famous goals |
| ELEVATE | Put up most of the cricket team, including a first timer (7) |
| SOUNESS | Graeme _; Scottish footballer and manager (7) |
| PLATINI | Michel ___; French footballer and manager (7) |
| SHEARER | Alan, England and Newcastle United footballer (7) |
| MILBURN | Jackie, English centre forward and Newcastle United FC's second highest all-time goalscorer (7) |
| DABIZAS | Nikos ....... , former Greece, Olympiacos, Leicester City and Newcastle United defender (7) |
| NETBALL | Seven-a-side game/sport first played in the UK in 1895, today with national teams including the Rose |
| DANBURN | England and Newcastle United defender (3,4) |
| ELEVENS | Numbers of teams (7) |
| TERRIER | Head of team's blunder ? one with the queen's dog (7) |
| BOMBAST | Fail in role of team's leader, displaying overweening behaviour (7) |
| ENROBES | Carried by sea westwards, third of team's missing coats (7) |
| SQUASHY | Most of team's embarrassed for yielding (7) |
