| ROBSON | Manager of England's national football team 1982-90 (6) |
| TUCHEL | Thomas, German appointed England's national football coach in 2024 (6) |
| WEMBLEYSTADIUM | England's national football ground (7,7) |
| SVEN | Former manager of England's football team, _-Goran Eriksson (4) |
| ALFRAMSEY | Manager of England's 1966 World Cup squad (3,6) |
| ORANGE | Spain national football team = La Roja; Netherlands national football team = ... (6) |
| ROSERED | Fairytale sister of Snow-White; or, similar to the crimson of Ilex aquifolium berries, pillar boxes, poinsettia bracts, pomegranate "jewels" or robins' breasts, the colour of England's national flower |
| ROSETTE | A bloom-like carving, cut diamond, knot of ribbons, leopard spot, pattern, wheel window, whorl of leaves or other thing reminiscent of England's national flower (7) |
| ACORN | Nut of England's national tree, used to symbolise National Trails (5) |
| ONEILL | Manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team (1'5) |
| ORMOND | Willie ......, manager of the Scotland national football team 1973-77 (6) |
| DIDIER | Forename of the French national football team manager (6) |
| REBROV | Serhiy ...... , manager of the Ukraine national football team appointed in June (6) |
| SARINA | The manager of the England women's national football team, _ Wiegman (6) |
| BORTHWICK | Steve, rugby coach who replaced Eddie Jones in charge of England's national team (9) |
| NORTHYORKMOORS | One of England's national parks (5,4,5) |
| SACCHI | Arrigo, Italian ex-national football team manager (6) |
| GARETH | ___ ___ Southgate, England national football team manager appointed in 2016 (6) |
| CLARKE | Steve, ex-WBA coach appointed Scottish national football team manager in 2019 (6) |
| TARTAN | ____ Army, informal term for fans of the Scottish national football team (6) |
