Own goal on Sunday frightening people (5)

I believe the answer is:

ogres

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'frightening people' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'own goal on sunday' is the wordplay.
'own goal' becomes 'OG' (football abbreviation).
'on' becomes 're' ('on' can be mean 'with reference to').
'sunday' becomes 's'.
'og'+'re'+'s'='OGRES'

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(Other definitions for ogres that I've seen before include "Bugbears" , "Giant types" , "Fairytale giants" , "huge figures" , "Awful brutes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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