Action of football player by virtue of good result (5-2)
I believe the answer is:
throw-in
'action' is the definition.
(throw-in is a kind of action)
'football player by virtue of good result' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'by' could be 'thro' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'thro' is found in the answer.
'good result' could be 'win' (eg for a sports team) and 'win' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for throw-in that I've seen before include "Interject" , "Act of restarting play after football has gone into touch" , "Soccer/rugby move" , "It happens after the ball goes into touch" , "Add free; return (ball) to play" .)