... team game like football the leader plays a huge role in the team's success. Great Football teams have benefited from great leadership and have triumphed in their achievements on the pitch. Such as Tony Adams captaining Arsenal F.C at centre back winning the Premiership and the FA Cup numerous, Manchester United with the dynamic Roy Keane captaining the side from centre midfield. But if you step back and go to where talented footballers are born in the schools then the term leadership can mean different things. A football team in a poor area with little community support would need a leader to inspire and motivate them more than would be necessary in the pro leagues. A more relationship-orientated leadership style needs to be adopted if there is poor facilities and poor community support for a young football team. This would be common in an inner city. The leader would need ...

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