1. 8. Oldham home (8,4) Emmanuel ....., France midfielder; 1998 FIFA World Cup Final winner (5)
Ivan ......., Croatia and Internazionale winger; the first Croatian to score for his country in a World Cup final (7)
10. Alan ........, secretary of the Football League from 1957 (8)
11. Julio ...., 2006-13 Middlesbrough midfielder (4)
13. Bradford City midfielder formerly with Huddersfield and Crystal Palace (4,8)
16. Jordan ......, Coventry defender; 2017 EFL Trophy Final winner (6)
17. Benjamin ......,
VfB Stuttgart defender; 2018 FIFA World Cup Final winner (6)
19. Andy ......., 2007-08
Huddersfield boss (7)
20. Newcastle’s 2017-18 Premier League position (5)
22. Spain and Real Madrid midfielder born in 1992 (4)
24. Estadio Santiago ........,
Real Madrid home (8)
26 and 34 Across. 1989-90 Real Madrid defender; Argentina 1986 FIFA World Cup Final winner (5,7)
27. Jason ...., former Canada and Plymouth midfielder (4)
29. Joe ....., defender in his second spell at Bury; formerly with Oxford United (5)
32. Ricky ...., 1990s Southend, Birmingham and Leyton Orient winger (4)
33. Number of teams grouped together for competitive purposes (8)
34. See 26 Across.
36. Philipp ....., former Switzerland and Liverpool defender/ winger (5)
38. Ruud ......, 1998-99 Newcastle boss; in that season the team reached the FA Cup Final, as did his previous team Chelsea in 1997 (6)
39. Johnny ......, Netherlands defender signed by Nottingham Forest from Real Madrid in 1984 (6)
42. Former West Brom, Derby, Notts County and Leicester goalkeeper (7,5)
44. Ricardo …….., winger for Besiktas and Portugal, including in the latter’s victorious Euro 2016 squad; spent time on loan at Chelsea in 2009 (8)
46. Mauricio ...., Fenerbahce and Chile defender/midfielder (4)
48. Frank ....., 1993-96 Nottingham Forest manager (5)
49. 1982-87 West Ham United defender signed by Hibernian (4,3)
50. 2003-13 New Zealand defender; 2010 FIFA World Cup ever-present (4,8) 9.
ACROSS
2.
DOWN
John ....., former Wales, Sunderland and Everton midfielder (5) Port Vale defender on loan at Torquay for 2015-16 (6,5) Pegguy ........, Liverpool goalkeeper; 2001 FA Cup Final unused sub (8)
.... City, 2018-19 National League North club whose home is Bootham Crescent (4) 2018 FIFA World Cup side coached by Bert van Marwijk (9) Dusan ......, Slovakia and Lechia Gdansk goalkeeper at Hull from 2016-17 (6)
12. Gianni ........., FIFA president since 2016 (9)
14 and 43 Down.
2010, 2012 and 2018 Europa League Final winners (8,6)
15. George ...., 1997-99 Swindon striker signed by Wolves (4)
18 and 19 Down.
2010-11 Plymouth boss (5,4)
19. See 18 Down.
21. Gavin ....., 1989-93 Fulham defender signed from Crystal Palace (9)
23. Yuya ....., 2014-18 FC Koln forward signed by Werder Bremen; Japan winning scorer against Colombia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup (5)
24. Ian ..…, 1985-87 Leeds striker signed from Southampton (5)
25. ..… Park, former West
Ham home (5)
28. Barry …., Cambridge striker signed by Southend from Exeter in 2010 (4)
29. Kevin ........, 1987-88 Port Vale defender signed from West Brom; began his career at Ipswich (8)
30. Nikola ....., Serbia forward who last played for Birmingham in 2015 (5)
31. Craig ........., 1993-96 Cambridge midfielder signed by Cardiff (9) 35. Former England striker at Bolton from 2014-16, following spells at Leicester and Aston Villa (5,6)
37. Christian ...., former Sheffield United, Raith, Dumbarton and Hearts striker (4)
40. ......... Ground, home of Brighton & Hove Albion until 1997 (9)
41. 2018 Brazil top flight club coached by Mauricio Barbieri (8) 43. See 14 Down.
45. Gabriel ....., Argentine striker at Rangers from 1998-2000; previously at Boca Juniors, River Plate and Mallorca (5) 47. Mark ...., 1993-2004 South Africa defender whose clubs included Bolton and Charlton (4) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.