A football club's manager is vital to the success of the team because he gives direction on the tactics and
the approach the club will take to win matches and ultimately claim league titles and trophies.
Outstanding managers in the world know exactly what to do to get the best out of the players they have.
At times a club's performance can be the determining factor in a club's financial health making the club owners impatient when it comes to the team's results. That was the case of Leroy Rosenior the Torquay United manager who was sacked after just 10 minutes.
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Born on August 24, 1964, in London - Leroy Rosina was an Englishman and a dual citizen of Sierra Leone with a thriving football career.
Leroy played for several teams including Fulham Queen's Park Rangers West Ham United and Charlton Athletic also with stints in England's at under 16 and under 21 junior teams and gaining a single cap for the Sierra Leone national team.
Rosina's last role as a player was at Gloucester City where he also made a debut in his murky managerial career.
When Rosenior was appointed as Torquay manager in 2007 it wasn't his first time with the English team. He had been in charge of the Gulls between 2002 and 2006 steering them to League 1 promotion in 2004.
At the peak of his career was a Ligue1 promotion and a brief period as the coach of the Sierra Leone national team. Rosenior then returned to England to succeed Keith Curl as Torquay manager.
Unknown to him, he would not stay in the club for a time enough to make a cup of tea after being sacked just 10 minutes after signing the contract.
A local consortium had just taken over Torquay United the club decided to appoint a different manager with Rosenior almost immediately succeeded by Paul Buckle then of Exeter City who according to the consortium thought would be a better replacement.
The then Torquay chairman Mike Bateson had agreed to sell a majority 51 per cent stake of the club to the consortium led by the son of former Manchester United chair Tony Boyce.
The British lawyer-Chris Boyce-led consortium made a fateful decision making Leroy Rosenior the record holder of the shortest managerial period in football history.
Former crystal palace manager ranks second among the shortest-serving coaches with the third spot taken by Martin Ling who was sacked by Cambridge United after just nine days in 2009.
Leroy has oftentimes spoken of how club owners don't like black coaches leading teams pointing out the racism in the management of European football.