Penny followed by three bridge players into church seats (4)
I believe the answer is:
pews
'church seats' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'penny followed by three bridge players' is the wordplay.
'three bridge players' can mean three substitutions for 'bridge player'.
'penny' becomes 'p' (short for pence).
'followed by' says to put letters next to each other.
'bridge player' becomes 'e' (bridge players are North, East, South, West).
'bridge player' becomes 'w' (bridge players are North, East, South, West).
'bridge player' becomes 'S' (bridge players are North, East, South, West).
'p'+'e'+'w'+'s'='PEWS'
'into' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for pews that I've seen before include "Church benches" , "Church seating" , "Church seats" .)