Across
- 2. Demolition when back four replaced by agent without me here (4,7)
- 4. Reduced part of Home Counties team (5)
- 5. Team held by those Chester rascals (6)
- 7. They reported tie's score unknown (5,6)
- 9. Early visitors to 2a? (6)
- 11. Play them hoping for score draw (5)
- 12. Are they here for defeats? Partly! (8)
- 13. Do they have 1000 fans? (7)
- 14. Initial choice between Yeovil and Keynsham route home for some (4,4)
- 16. Women find strength as team - this one? (9,6)
- 18. Waterlogged surface on the road...to Wembley? Almost there! (5,4)
- 19. Team from Stroud thrashed (6)
- 20. Disguise Leyton had another team in (8)
- 22. 14a kick with haphazard charm: relegation initially avoided (7,8)
- 23. Team in second is not Southern (6)
- 24. Team fixes ties (5)
- 25. Beginning one team (7,6)
Down
- 1. They're facing tie with guardian between the poles (9,6)
- 3. Northerners have shilling, 1p and reportedly extra with settlement (10,4)
- 6. Want time in relegated side (10,4)
- 8. Allegedly brandish rock or club (10)
- 10. Spireites back (if replaced that is) shaken, getting the blues (9)
- 15. Relatives of 7a wingers (6)
- 17. Hasty - he bungled here (3,4)
- 21. They play with giant melon (10)
- 23. Posh tutor fouled up here (9)