By her own admission, Bethany England was surprised to be selected as Tottenham Women's captain, just months after her arrival at the club - and amid her own hip surgery.
"It was a bit of a shock when I got asked it," she exclusively told Sky Sports as England helped launch a new campaign for Skin Cancer Awareness month in partnership with O2, the British Skin Foundation and organic skincare brand Green People.
"I've never really seen myself as a captain because I've been around such prolific leaders in the past, I've not been in the position to be that leading voice.
"When I got asked originally I thought 'it's not for me really, I don't think I'd be very good at it', but I've actually really enjoyed relishing in it.
"At the start, there was a lot of responsibility and it was quite difficult for me with it being my first time as a captain, but also just coming from hip surgery, so leading the team whilst not being on the pitch, I had to really tap into my other skill sets.
"Everyone leads in a different way and everyone's personality traits are different. No one leader is the same.
"The way I lead is firstly, no matter what role you play, there's respect regardless and no matter whose voice is speaking, you listen to it. It's not a case of one voice is more important than the other.
"And I want to make sure that the environment I've got with my team is that we're in a safe space where people feel they can speak up and be heard.
"Also drilling into them that going through what we went through last season was a very difficult emotional roller coaster, and we know we're better as a squad to be able to produce better performances."
There's perhaps no greater marker of her leadership as she faces the enviable task of leading
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