Possible Clues:

• Beside the point
• 'Deviant toff' in a Latin translation
• Barely relevant
• Beat first of teams in friendly of little significance
• Peripheral
• Peripheral brown flower on lake not new
• Not really related to the sandy gentleman, the one with Albert
• Making contact with circle, but not getting in
• Smack in tale involved barely touching
• Not crossing the Circle Line? It's irrelevant