Paul Huntington will captain Carlisle United on their return to League One, starting against Fleetwood Town on Saturday.
But manager Paul Simpson has been telling the club’s official website that he doesn’t care who wears the armband.
He said: “I don’t know if I’ve said this before but I don’t really care who wears the armband. I want a team of leaders and when I look at the group I think we’ve got that.
“We’ve got Joe Garner who is a leader, Sam Lavelle, Corey Whelan is a quiet leader and Callum Guy and Dylan McGeouch have had the armband before. Ben Barclay’s a leader in the way he talks and organises.
“I want everybody to lead in the way they go about it. Some people lead through example by going and running and tackling and blocking things.
“Owen Moxon led with his creativity last season, Jordan Gibson did the same with assists, and that’s being a leader.
“It can be about getting the ball and being brave on it, that’s being a leader as well.
“Hunts will be the captain when he’s playing, and somebody else may have an armband on when he isn’t, but I want as many leaders in that group as we can possibly get.”
Meabnwhile United have confirmed that the East Stand at Brunton Park will now be named after chairman Andrew Jenkins in recognition of his service to the club over the last 63 years.
Andrew joined the board of directors in 1959 before becoming chairman during the 90’s, and after last season’s promotion to League One has now watched the club gain ten promotions in his time at Brunton Park.
Chief executive Nigel Clibbens said: “We have seen the naming of stands at other grounds, but it’s a very rare honour for a club to do this, reserved for special individuals who have made a life-long contribution to their club.
“This is a tribute from the club to honour a lifetime of service by Andrew to his hometown team. It ensures his memory and legacy remains in the fabric of the club. Having secured promotion, and as Andrew starts his 65th season at the club, the timing seemed right to do this now.”
Speaking about the renaming of the Pioneer Stand to the club website the chairman said: “The first thing I have to say is thank you to everyone because I can’t actually believe that it’s been done.
“I feel very proud. 64 years is a long time but this is a very special place and a wonderful club. Some people are in it for the glory, I’ve never thought of it like that. I just love Carlisle United.
“It came as a lovely surprise because my sons [Graham and David] told me that we needed to come to the ground to look at the placement of groundboards.
“I walked down the tunnel and out to the side of the pitch, and I never even thought to look up at the roof opposite. It was Nigel [Clibbens] who asked me what I thought about the new sign, and it was a shock to see it.
“I’m not really one for the limelight, I prefer just to work away in the background, but yes, I do feel very proud.
“I’m getting on in years now, and all I want is for somebody to come in who will feel the same, and who wants to look after it in the same way.”
