| WAYNEROONEY | Former England footballer (5,6) |
| KEVINKEEGAN | Former England footballer twice appointed as manager of Newcastle United FC (5, 6) |
| ALANSHEARER | Former England footballer who joined Blackburn Rovers from Southampton (4,7) |
| GARYLINEKER | Former England footballer who won the Golden Boot in the 1986 World Cup tournament... (4, 7) |
| ARMFIELD | Jimmy ........, former England footballer and BBC pundit (8) |
| RIOFERDINAND | Former England footballer (3,9) |
| ANDREW | ___ Cole, former England footballer (6) |
| PAUL | _ Ince, former England footballer (4) |
| SHEARER | Alan _, former England footballer (7) |
| KEEGAN | Kevin _, former England footballer and manager (6) |
| BENT | Darren _, former England footballer (4) |
| IAN | ___ Wright, former England footballer (3) |
| ROSS | _ Barkley, former England footballer (4) |
| DELE | ___ Alli, former England footballer (4) |
| RIO | Ferdinand, former England footballer (3) |
| SEAMAN | David _, former England footballer (6) |
| COLE | Former England footballer Andy or Ashley (4) |
| INCE | Paul -, former England footballer (4) |
| LENNON | Former England footballer, Aaron _ (6) |
| UPSON | Former England footballer, Matthew _ (5) |