They can help a footballer not to fall down on the job (5)
I believe the answer is:
studs
'they can help a footballer not to fall down' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.
'on the job' is the wordplay.
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'job' becomes 'suds' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
't' inserted into 'suds' is 'STUDS'.
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