Personal Life
May was born in Gravesend, Kent. May states that his favourite footballers when growing up were Alan Shearer and Ian Wright as he believed they were "great goalscorers and always entertaining". He enjoys watching the television sitcom Only Fools and Horses. May is good friends with England international footballer Glen Johnson, as well as Celtic striker Gary Hooper. He attended Leigh CTC School in Dartford alongside Johnson.
In January 2007, it was reported that May and England defender Glen Johnson were caught at a B&Q store in Dartford, Kent, attempting to steal bathroom fittings. They both received £80 fines. Johnson described the incident as "comical" because it was a misunderstanding — "Ben was doing up his bathroom so we went to B&Q and found one of those sets where you get everything in one box. But he wanted a seat with a slow-close lid, so we took out the seat and put in another one. What we didn't know was that the new seat was £2.35 more expensive. We went through the till, paid for it and then the security guard stopped us and said he had been watching on CCTV. We just burst out laughing. Where's Jeremy Beadle then? But he said, 'No, this is serious, the police are on their way.' The police turned up and they were laughing. I said to the security guard, 'Can we not just pay the £2.35?'" He said, 'No, this is a serious offence.' So the police gave us two options: go to court and fight it out, or pay an on-the-spot fine. We couldn't be bothered going to court so we paid the fine but doing that made us look guilty".
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