Nearly attended game with City (9)
I believe the answer is:
cambridge
'city' is the definition.
(Cambridge is an example)
'nearly attended game' is the wordplay.
'nearly' means to remove the last letter.
'attended' becomes 'came' (come can mean to attend).
'game' becomes 'bridge' (card game).
'came' with its final letter taken off is 'cam'.
'cam'+'bridge'='CAMBRIDGE'
'with' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for cambridge that I've seen before include "English university, rowing colour blue" , "Light blue university?" , "Old English university" , "English city" , "place of learning" .)