Forest defender in Scottish football team, almost (6)
I believe the answer is:
ranger
'forest defender' is the definition.
(forest rangers look after a forest)
'team almost' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'rangers' (Rangers F.C.).
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'rangers' with its last letter removed is 'RANGER'.
'in scottish football' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ranger that I've seen before include "Park warden" , "park-keeper" , "National park officer" , "Forestry official" , "Park employee" .)