Late Tackle

BIG BEN CHIMES

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
21 January 2021

BILLY MULLEY TALKS TO WATFORD DEFENDER BEN WILMOT ABOUT HIS RAPID RISE-AND HOW IT WAS AIDED BY A SPELL INITALY

Making an impact: Ben Wilmot celebrates scoring for Watford and, inset, playing for Udinese

NOT many 21-year-olds are able to say they’ve already played in the Premier League, Championship, League Two and Serie A – but Ben Wilmot can.
The Watford and England U21 centre-back has risen through the ranks at an exponential rate. Only six years ago, he was playing for Hitchin Town Youth in the Royston Crow League and not even he imagined such a leap.
“As a 14-y...

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