Bury getting goal in stoppage time (12)
I believe the answer is:
intermission
'stoppage time' is the definition.
(eg when a concert stops)
'bury getting goal' is the wordplay.
'bury' becomes 'inter' (to inter is to put into the ground).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'goal' becomes 'mission'.
'inter'+'mission'='INTERMISSION'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for intermission that I've seen before include "Entr'acte" , "Break; respite" , "Interval" , "Pause, break" , "Theatre's half-time" .)