Possible Clues:

• Party's method seen in peripheral activity
• Diverting incident involving teams -- in what way?
• Teams who arranged stall at fairground
• Subordinate issue
• Appear to support team in subordinate event
• Salads and chips, for instance, is what you get addressing Native American event that's not centre stage
• Minor affair as pig squashes one dilapidated shed
• Not the main event
• Incidental activity
• Team's method is a distraction