GIANT FOOTIE XWORD WIN £25

ACROSS

Ross County midfielder re-signed from Inverness Caledonian Thistle in 2018 (4,6)

See 34 Across.

Yeovil Town home ground (5,4)

10. Cheick ..... , 2009-15 Ivory Coast and 2010-17 Newcastle United midfielder (5)

11. Lawrence ......... , Scotland and Dundee United striker (9)

13. 2004-11 Brazil and 2007-09 Manchester City midfielder (5)

14. 2006-11 Sheffield Wednesday and 2015-16 Orlando City defender/ midfielder (4,5)

18. See 43 Across.

19. See 49 Across.

21. Enzo ..... , 1984-98 Belgium midfielder; Anderlecht and Torino UEFA Cup Final runner-up in 1984 and 1992 respectively (5)

22. See 26 Across.

25 and 4 Down.

1988 Republic of Ireland, 1991-94 Southend United and 1994-96 Huddersfield Town defender (3,6)

26 and 22 Across.

2002-05 Bradford City and 2008-10 Crawley Town attacker (5,7)

27. John ...... , 1971-82 Middlesbrough defender between spells at Newcastle (6)

29. Brett ...... , former Stockport, Southend and Everton striker (6)

33. Tomas ..... , former Oldham and Burton defender (5)

34 and 5 Across. 2002-17 United States and 2007-16 Everton goalkeeper (3,6)

35. Mohamed ....... , Sichuan Jiuniu, 2012-19 Guinea and 2017-20 Auxerre attacker (7)

36. ..... Field, 1912-2005 Swansea City home (5)

37. Fabio ..... , Farense winger at Blackburn Rovers from 2012-14 (5)

39. See 48 Down.

40. Ross ......... , Hamilton and former St. Johnstone, Hearts and Raith midfielder (9)

43 and 18 Across. Argentina

and PSG midfielder (5,2,5)

46. Vitalijs ......... , 2000-03 Bristol Rovers midfielder; Latvia’s most-capped player (9)

49 and 19 Across. 1988-96 France and 1992-98 PSG defender; 1996 Cup Winners’ Cup Final winner (5,5)

50. Thomas ......... , Belgium and Vissel Kobe defender (9)

51 and 7 Down. Congo and

Kilmarnock defender (6,8)

52. 1993-2002 Portugal defender signed by Liverpool from Everton in 2002 (4,6) 1.

5.

9. 1. 2. 3.

4.

5.

DOWN

1994-2003 Aston Villa midfielder; 1996 League Cup Final winner (3,6)

Sam ..... , Wales and Stoke striker (5)

Chris ....... , 1971-74 Chelsea forward; 1972 League Cup Final runner-up (7)

See 25 Across.

Glenn ..... , 1989-92 Liverpool and 1981-90 Sweden defender (5)

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Last week’s winner was Steve Beckwith from Chester.

Agustin ...... , 1989-90 Atletico Madrid midfielder between spells at CD Logrones (6) See 51 Across.

Libor ..... , Czech Republic, Sparta Prague and 2013-17 Aston Villa striker (5)

12. Euro 1992 Final winners (7)

15. Emiliano ....... , Norwich and former Getafe midfielder (7)

16. Khadim .’ ..... , 2010-18 Senegal goalkeeper; 2018 FIFA World Cup ever-present (6)

17. Hakeem ....... , Hamilton and former Livingston defender (7) 6.

7.

8.

20. Craig ........ , Northern Ireland and Watford defender (8)

23. Ross ........ , Leyton Orient coach appointed in 2020 (8)

24. Lilian ...... , 1994-2008 France defender; 1998 FIFA World Cup Final winner (6)

25. Thomas ...... , Ghana, Arsenal and former Atletico Madrid midfielder (6)

28. Ian ....... , 1974-80 Bolton boss (7)

30. UEFA nation coached by Thomas Haberli (7)

31. 1967 European Cup Final winners (6)

32. Kiko ....... , Leeds and Spain goalkeeper (7)

38. Real Racing Club de ......... , 2020-21 Segunda Division B club; 1929 La Liga inaugural season members (9)

39. Aleksandar ........ , Austria and Bayer Leverkusen defender (8)

41. 2012-15 Burton midfielder signed from Crewe (3,4)

42. Scott ..... , Republic of Ireland and Birmingham forward (5)

44. Charlie ...... , 1968-75 Arsenal attacker; 1971 FA Cup Final winner (6)

45. Erik ...... , Argentina and Spurs midfielder (6)

47. Jon ..... , Harrogate Town striker (5)

48 and 39 Across.

2012-13 Mali and 2012-16 QPR midfielder (5,7)