Other coach gutted before approaching a London team (7)
I believe the answer is:
chelsea
'london team' is the definition.
(London football club)
'other coach gutted before approaching a' is the wordplay.
'other' becomes 'else' (synonyms).
'gutted' means to remove the middle letters (to gut something is to remove its insides).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'approaching' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'coach' with its middle taken out is 'ch'.
'else' after 'ch' is 'chelse'.
'chelse'+'a'='CHELSEA'
(Other definitions for chelsea that I've seen before include "Word linking boot and bun" , "Sort of bun" , "Barracks here" , "London district and football club" , "Hillary Clinton's daughter" .)