Found a hacky solution as follows
In Column Definitions:
var eventColumnDefs = [
{key:"player_name", sortable:true, editor:"dropdown", editorOptions:{dropdownOptions:currenteam}}
];
Then later on in initialiseTables:
eventDataTable.subscribe("cellClickEvent", function(ev) {
var target, column, field;
target = ev.target;
column = this.getColumn(target);
if (column.key === "player_name") {
field= this.getRecord(target).getData("team_id");
}
if (hometeamlistID == field) {
currenteam=hometeamlist;
} else if (awayteamlistID == field) {
currenteam=awayteamlist;
}
eventDataTable._oColumnSet._aDefinitions[8].editorOptions.dropdownOptions = currenteam;
});
hometeamlist, awayteamlist, hometeamlistID and awayteamlistID are pulled from an XML string. I haven't included that code above, but some of it is included in my question here: