Clue: Stringy Rovers' striker eats a bit of pasta (4)
Answer: ROPY
Explanation: Definition: Stringy
**ROY** (of the Rovers) *eats* [*a bit of*] **P**(asta) 
*For non-Brits, Roy Race, aka Roy of the Rovers, was a footballer in an eponymous comic strip which first appeared in a comic called *Tiger *in 1956, but which eventually became a comic of its own.