| WATERPOLO | "Football in the water." (5,4) |
| TEDDYMCCARTHY | Who in 1990 became the first, and so far only, man to win All-Ireland medals in both hurling and football in the same year? (5,8) |
| TEDDY | ___ McCarthy won All-Ireland medals in both hurling and football in the same year. (5) |
| SOCCER | European football in the USA (6) |
| FIVEASIDE | Version of football in which the ball cannot be played above head height (4-1-4) |
| TOMMYMOON | Kat Slater's son who enjoys playing football in EastEnders (5,4) |
| PANENKA | A penalty in football in which the taker deceives the goalkeeper by dinking the ball into the goal's centre (7) |
| BACKHEEL | Kick in football in which a player strikes the ball with the rear part of the foot (4-4) |
| GROIN | What gets hit by a football in "Man Getting Hit by Football" in a classic episode of "The Simpsons" |
| NUTMEG | Technique in football in which a player passes the ball between another player's legs (6) |
| ONSIDE | In football, in a position where one's allowed to receive the ball (6) |
| ARSENAL | The third-most successful club in English football in terms of trophies won (7) |
| PUNTS | Kicks the football in a way |
| PUNTED | Gave up the football, in a way |
| WORLDCUP | International competition for football in 2010 and for rugby and cricket in 2011 (5,3) |
| DALE | Dry limestone valley in Peak historically associated with football in Preston (8) |
| DEEP | Dry limestone valley in Peak historically associated with football in Preston (8) |
| EDWARD | First name of the king of England who banned football in place of longbow practice (6) |
| ALLEN | ___ Iverson former basketball player and 1997 NBA Rookie of the Year who also played football in high school |
| JAMES | LeBron ___ LA Lakers basketball player and 2004 NBA Rookie of the Year who also played football in school |
