Football boss (7)
I believe the answer is:
manager
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">football boss</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(manager of a football team)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for manager that I've seen before include "Someone in control (or who copes?)" , "One running a shop, industry etc" , "Boss" , "Ran game (anag.)" , "who tries to cope?" .)