First of goals worried crowd (4)
I believe the answer is:
gate
'crowd' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'first of goals worried' is the wordplay.
'first of' says to take the initial letters.
'worried' becomes 'ate' (I've seen this before).
The first letter of 'goals' is 'g'.
'g'+'ate'='GATE'
(Other definitions for gate that I've seen before include "Narrow opening" , "Spectators - entrance" , "Hinged barrier in an entrance" , "Attendance figure" , "Barrier, exit" .)