| ARSENE | Mr Souness, former football manager (6) |
| GRAEME | --- Souness, former footballer (6) |
| GEORGE | Mr Graham, former football manager (6) |
| WENGER | French former football manager, Arsene _ (6) |
| GARETH | Sir ___ Southgate, former football manager (6) |
| BERTI | Scotland's former football manager, Mr Vogts (5) |
| ALEX | Mr Ferguson, former football manager (4) |
| CRAIG | Mr Brown, former football manager (5) |
| SERGIO | ___ Ramos, Spanish former football captain (6) |
| BRIANCLOUGH | Former football manager who claimed "I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one" |
| SHERWOOD | Former football manager of Villa and Forest? (8) |
| FERGUSON | Alex -, former football manager who was knighted in 1999 (8) |
| STEVEMACLAREN | Former football manager of Queens Park Rangers (5,8) |
| CRAIGBROWN | Former football manager (5,5) |
| GLENN | ___ Hoddle, former football manager (5) |
| HARRY | Former football manager, - - - Redknapp |
| REDKNAPP | Harry ___, former football manager (8) |
| HAY | David ---, former football manager (3) |
| RON | Former football manager, 'Big' _ Atkinson (3) |
| KAMARA | Surname of Chris, the former football player and sports presenter who performed on The Masked Singer in 2023 as Ghost (6) |