Where to take off and dry football kit (8)
I believe the answer is:
airstrip
'where to take off' is the definition.
(where an aircraft takes off)
'dry football kit' is the wordplay.
'dry' becomes 'air' (airing is a kind of drying).
'football kit' becomes 'strip' (as in a team's strip).
'air'+'strip'='AIRSTRIP'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for airstrip that I've seen before include "Rough landing area" , "possible starting place" , "(Unprepared) runway" , "Small runway" , "Place for taking off" .)