Clue: Rovers' hero tackling player of Wanderers (6)
Answer: ROMANY
Explanation: Definition: of Wanderers
 ROY(hero in the British comic strip, Roy of the Rovers) **containing**(tackling) MAN(a player/a member of, say, a football team).
Defn: …/describing things related to the Romany, a people originating in South Asia, having an itinerant/wandering way of life.
And "Rovers" and "Wanderers" are found in the names of some football clubs.