FourFourTwo’s Weekend Crossword 14: Iconic attacks, serial winners and African nations

We’ve finally made it to the start of the 2025/26 Premier League season!

The first game of the season took place last night, there’s a full bill of games on Saturday and Sunday for you to get stuck into, but before you do that, here’s the latest instalment of FourFourTwo‘s weekend crossword to get stuck into.

It will get you searching your brain for the deepest bits of your ball knowledge, the perfect appetiser for the season ahead.

It works just as any other crossword, with across and down answers all fitting neatly together

As it’s the weekend, there is no time limit. Get yourself a coffee, put your feet up and kick your weekend off by testing your football knowledge.

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So, you’ve conquered the crossword. Think you’re a proper big-brain now? We’ve got a whole new line-up of quizzes ready and waiting to put your football knowledge to the ultimate test this weekend.

First up, let’s see how well your visual memory serves you. Can you guess these tournaments from their logos? And while we’re at it, can you put a name to the grounds with our challenge to name these 20 stadiums?

Ready for some family ties and transfer fee drama? We’ll start with the bloodline: can you name these players’ famous fathers? After that, prove you know your Gunners history and tackle our quiz to name Arsenal’s 50 most expensive players ever.

Finally, for the ultimate test of a football fan’s historical recall, we’ll put you on the spot with one of the biggest clubs in the world. See if you can name every club Manchester United have faced in a major final? There’s plenty more where that came from, of course, below…

Ewan is a freelance writer and social media manager who has worked for The Athletic, GOAL, 90min and OneFootball. From Gelsenkirchen to Riyadh, he has covered some of the biggest games in football in his three years in the industry.