Nobody wanted to be given the No 2 shirt growing up, did they? It was effectively a slight on your ability, only one up from being stuck in goal.
And let me tell you, attitudes towards full backs were not much more improved once I made it into professional dressing rooms.
They had one job: keep your winger quiet. Do not get roasted by that winger. That was pretty much it. Someone steady, unassuming. The role was to receive possession from the centre half, and they only had a couple of passes to hit.
One down the channel or the little ball inside to a more creative midfielder.