| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| GOALIE | Football player | |
| DEBUT | Player’s first football match | |
| STEVEN | ... Gerrard, football manager and former player | |
| PASS | In football, hockey, etc., to make a pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side. | |
| TOUCHBACK | The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown. | |