OUR DEFENDER ON WHY TEAM SPORT AND TOGETHERNESS BRINGS OUT THE VERY BEST IN HIM
After starring at county level, Ben joined the Southampton academy, which is when he had to focus more on one position, and started playing at right back.
“I’d never played there before,” he reveals. “I had mainly played centre-mid until then, but had a bit of a growth spurt when I was 14 or 15, and that’s when they put me in defence.