Football

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The act of ___ at targets (5)
  2. 3. Intense adverse criticism (6)
  3. 5. To fail to keep or to maintain (4)
  4. 6. Lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical (5)
  5. 8. A large city in northwestern England (9)
  6. 10. Two or more draft animals that work together to pull something (4)
  7. 12. To argue or speak in ___ of (6)
  8. 13. A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest (5)

Down

  1. 1. Team sport played with a ball and goalposts (8)
  2. 2. The act of preventing the opposition from scoring (4)
  3. 4. Game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck (4)
  4. 7. A person who cares for persons or property (8)
  5. 9. A play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate (4)
  6. 11. To be successful in a contest or competition. (3)