| GUNG | ___-ho: like footballers at the start of the game (4) |
| AVID | Gung-ho, like a sports fan |
| FARCE | Footballers at the start race out and play (5) |
| WING | Footballer may take the prize before the start of the game (4) |
| ANTE | Remove a card before the start of the game, in Magic: The Gathering |
| RATS | Vasiliy USSR footballer at the 1986 and 1990 World Cup (4) |
| GANG | Pack the start of the game and finish bowling |
| AFAR | A barrier essentially keeping footballers at a distance (4) |
| SHEA | US midfield footballer at Stoke City from 2013-14 (4,4) |
| BREK | US midfield footballer at Stoke City from 2013-14 (4,4) |
| SONE | Nigeria and Fulham forward footballer at Hull City from 2012-16 (4,5) |
| EVRA | Patrice ?, France and Marseille footballer at Manchester United from 2006-14 (4) |
| PLAYBALL | Umpire's shout at the start of the game (4,4) |
| ENDO | Yasuhito ?, Japan midfield footballer at Gamba Osaka since 2001 |
| BULLYOFF | The fight picker is sent from the field at the start of the game? ... (5,3) |
| QUEENSROOK | Chess piece four squares from the king at the start of the game |
| RUNOUT | At the start of the game, leave the pavilion to dismiss a nightwatchman? (3,3) |
| WINGSPREAD | The breadth of a footballer at the feast! (10) |
| ORTEGA | Ariel, Argentina footballer at the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cup Finals (6) |
| TADHG | Gaelic footballer at the Swans until 2011, Kennelly (5) |
