WELCOME BACK BEN!
AFTER THE 2020/21 SEASON WAS ABBREVIATED DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK THE CLUB WENT THROUGH A TIME OF CHANGE; FROM THE PLAYERS AND STAFF, TO OWNERSHIP AND THE RUNNING OF BOBBY HANCOCKS PARK. ONE OF THOSE CHANGES SAW THE EVER POPULAR, AND EVER-PRESENT FIGURE ON THE BACK-LINE, BEN TENNANT LEAVE THE CLUB. AFTER A SEASON PLAYING ELSEWHERE AND HONING HIS CRAFT AWAY FROM BHP HE IS BACK FOR THE 2022/23 SEASON AND IS READY TO HELP THE TEAM IN THEIR FIRST SEASON BACK AT STEP 6 SINCE THE RE-LAUNCH IN 2019. WE SPOKE WITH BEN AND DISCUSSED RE-JOINING THE TEAM, THE CHANGES IN THE SQUAD AND THE CLUB, HIS LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES, AND HOW HE BELIEVES THE RECENT ROLLER-COASTER OF RESULTS WILL EVEN OUT SOON. You’re back in the squad after a season away. How does it feel to be back at Southam? “It’s good to be back. A lot of things have changed since I was last with Southam; new additions to the side and coaching staff, the way the clubs being ran with the clubhouse upstairs and the match day atmosphere. Everything feels a lot better all round.
mostly changed, including keeper Lewis Hudson. How has it been adjusting back into the side and the new players around you in that position?
It’s nice seeing familiar faces but all the lads have welcomed me back and it feels like I never left. I’ve felt comfortable slotting back in I just need to get myself back to full fitness like I was when I previously played. We look to be building quite an experienced and comfortable back line, we just Some of your former teammates are also back in the team need to build a relationship which I’m sure will come the more we play together. >> (Simon, The Champkins, Kyle, etc.) but the back-line is
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