| POMPEY | Nickname of Portsmouth, England (or its professional football club) |
| DREXEL | Philadelphia university known for its professional co-op program |
| VICTORY | Which ship built in the 1760s is preserved at Portsmouth, England? (7) |
| HMS | ___ Victory (tourist attraction in Portsmouth, England) |
| REALMADRID | Spanish professional football club which was recognised as the FIFA Club of the century in the year 2000: 2 wds. |
| JUVENTUS | Professional football club based in Turin whose nickname is Vecchia Signora ('the Old Lady') (8) |
| STJOHNSTONE | The only British professional football club with the letter J in its name (2,9) |
| REAL | Spanish professional football club that plays its home games at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu (4,6) |
| MADRID | Spanish professional football club that plays its home games at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu (4,6) |
| ALN | This is the abbreviation of a famous professional football club based in Riyadh. (1,1,1) |
| AJAX | Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam (4) |
| INTER | Italian professional football club whose home ground is the San Siro, _ Milan (5) |
| FULHAM | London's oldest professional football club, established 1879 (6) |
| NOTTSCOUNTY | The oldest professional football club in the world (5,6) |
| STOKE | Premier League side, the world's second oldest professional football club (after Notts County) (5) |
| ARSENAL | Professional football club |
| DUNDEE | Scottish city with two professional football clubs (6) |
| JACOBEAN | Characteristic of, or relating to, James I of England or to the period of his rule (8) |
| MIZMAZE | A type of turf labyrinth of which two ancient examples remain in England; or, a state of bewilderment, perplexity or puzzlement (7) |
| HAMPDENPARK | Home ground of the only amateur club in the Scottish Professional Football League |
