| WILFMCGUINNESS | Successor to Sir Matt Busby as manager of Manchester United in 1969 |
| FACUP | Matt Busby twice won this trophy as manager of Manchester United (1,1,3) |
| GLAZER | Family who took control of Manchester United in 2005 (6) |
| COX | Brian ___, actor who portrayed Sir Matt Busby in 2013 film drama Believe (3) |
| IANBANNEN | Scottish actor who played Sir Matt Busby in Best (2000) |
| STEVEBRUCE | Former Manchester United centre back sacked as manager of Newcastle United in October 2021 after their takeover by a consortium led by the Saudi Arabian government's sovereign wealth fund |
| HODGSON | Roy ___, football manager who took over as manager of his boyhood club, Crystal Palace, in 2017 |
| BUSBY | Matt ---, manager of Manchester United from 1945-69, and again 1970-71 (5) |
| ALEX | Former manager of Manchester United manager (4,8) |
| FERGUSON | Former manager of Manchester United manager (4,8) |
| PHELAN | Mike ___, assistant manager of Manchester United from 2008 to 2013 and from December 2018 |
| MATTBUSBY | Manager of Manchester United, 1945-1969 (4,5) |
| RANGNICK | Ralf, German coach appointed interim manager of Manchester United FC in 2021 (8) |
| ATKINSON | Manager of Manchester United FC from 1981 to 1986 (8) |
| ERIKTENHAG | Dutch footballer who was manager of Manchester United from 2022 to 2024 (4,3,3) |
| MANAGER | Sir Matt Busby was one (7) |
| LEEBOWYER | Former player who took over as manager of Charlton Athletic in 2018 (3,6) |
| KEVINKEEGAN | Former England footballer twice appointed as manager of Newcastle United FC (5, 6) |
| ARNESLOT | Dutch coach appointed as manager of Liverpool in 2024 (4,4) |
| NORWAY | Former player and manager of Manchester United, Ole Gunner Solskjaer was born in this European country (6) |
