| MORAN | Ronnie ____ was a member of the "Anfield Boot Room", and was Liverpool's caretaker manager twice in the early 1990s |
| STAND | A company of plovers; a grove of trees; a platform for a brass band; or, a vessel in a boot room or hall for umbrella's, shooting sticks, crops etc (5) |
| EDDIEHOWE | UK football manager, twice in charge of AFC Bournemouth (5,4) |
| TOMMYSMITH | Former Liverpool and England defender nicknamed "The Anfield Iron" (5,5) |
| LFC | Initially, the Anfield club |
| DAX | Danielle ___, was a member of post-punk band Lemon Kittens (3) |
| EGAN | Kian _, was a member of Westlife (4) |
| TOMLINSON | Louis _, was a member of One Direction (9) |
| INTERIM | Ryan Mason was this sort of caretaker manager at Spurs |
| WILKINSON | Howard ......... , England football caretaker manager in 1999 and 2000 (9) |
| GORDONSTRACHAN | Coach of Scotland's football team between caretaker managers Billy Stark and Malky Mackay |
| PAGE | Robert, Wales' football team caretaker manager in Euro 2020 (4) |
| ROTAN | 2013-18 Ukraine midfielder; their caretaker manager in 2023 (5) |
| RUSLAN | 2013-18 Ukraine midfielder; their caretaker manager in 2023 (6) |
| KOP | Famed section of Liverpool's Anfield ground, the -- (3) |
| SPIONKOP | South African hill after which a section of Anfield is named (5,3) |
| SMITH | Alan ..... , 2017 Notts County caretaker manager (5) |
| SCOTT | Ronnie ___, English jazz saxophonist and club owner who died in 1996 (5) |
| BAILEY | Tim Metcalfe punched Ronnie ___ following a misunderstanding in Coronation Street! (6) |
| SCOTTS | Ronnie ____, jazz club in London's Soho founded in 1959 (6) |
