| ABUTMENT | Provides support at The Bridge for the brassy player backing up the lads in the middle of the pitch (8) |
| CENTRECIRCLE | Has all the shops to ring in the middle of the pitch (6,6) |
| CORANGLAIS | Wipe over oilcans with a rag for the brassy one (3,7) |
| CALENDS | Accountant provides support at the beginning of the month (7) |
| SPAN | Part of the bridge for southern vessel (4) |
| HEAVEHO | Words before and after "my lads" in the United States Merchant Marine anthem |
| STICK | What moves me? It's water under the bridge for 5 and co (5) |
| SONS | Lads in the prison service (4) |
| HORN | Metaphor, neatly trimmed by the brassy one (4) |
| COVERT | Screen the centre of the pitch as a shelter for the game (6) |
| KICKOFF | Situation where a footballer plays the ball from the centre of the pitch (4-3) |
| AUFAIT | Well-informed precious type with footballers in centre of the pitch (2,4) |
| ELEPHANT | One doesn't forget soccer player backing hard worker (8) |
| ABUT | Player backing into touch |
| RATS | Leading player backing rodents |
| WALRUSMOUSTACHE | The Bar rejects half rustic, hairy English type raising funds for the lads in November (6,9) |
| OVER | In cricket, a sequence of six balls bowled from one end of the pitch; or, the division of play during this (4) |
| TWIN | Either of the lads in prison for arson? (4) |
| BEMOAN | Complain about backing up the lot for Naomi, mostly for English book (6) |
| COSTA | Diego, who was the cream in the coffee at the Bridge |
