| FACUP | World's oldest football competition |
| WREXHAM | Oldest football club in Wales. (7) |
| SEVILLE | Which city is home to Spain's oldest football club, founded in 1890? (7) |
| DURAND | Which oldest football tournament in Asia got over recently? (6) |
| WORLDCUP | Crowd wound up about league football competition |
| VFA | Football competition formed in 1877 (1,1,1) |
| BOWLGAME | College football competition |
| CUPFINAL | Last game in a football competition (3,5) |
| AFL | Aussie football competition, abbrev (3) |
| EPL | UK football competition, abbrev (3) |
| FA | English knockout football competition, - Cup (2) |
| EUROPA | ___ League, football competition (6) |
| CUPTIE | Match in a football competition (3,3) |
| COPA | ___ America (international football competition) |
| UEFACUP | European football competition whose first winners were Tottenham Hotspur |
| FAIRS | The Inter-Cities ___ Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971 |
| PAFL | Perth's top Australian football competition (1,1,1,1) |
| BOWLGAMES | Postseason football competitions |
| GOLDFISHBOWLS | Football competitions for Pepperidge Farm employees? |
| BALL | And 1 Down Norwich City FC's On the ..., City, never mind the ..., is thought to be the oldest football chant still in use (4 and 6) |