Possible Clues:

• Entry on a sports schedule
• 'It's not played at home (4,4)'
• Willing, after a fashion, when not playing host
• A distance to pool in someone's else playground
• Reason for a sports team to take the bus (2 words)
• Reason to pile onto the team bus
• Sports contest, to the visitors
• It's often marked with an '@'
• Contest on a road trip
• You don't play it at home