Gillingham defender Max Ehmer on coming up against Charlton Athletic in the FA Cup and their 17-goal leading scorer Alfie May

Gillingham defender Max Ehmer will have a job on his hands this weekend with the task of keeping Kent-born hitman Alfie May quiet.

Ehmer was recalled to the starting line-up on Tuesday night and, after helping the side to a win and a clean sheet against Wimbledon, he’s a sure bet to be starting again when the Gills face Charlton in the FA Cup second round on Saturday.

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The experienced Gills defender - now on over 370 appearances for the club - remembers the time May came in for a trial while smashing in the goals for non-league Hythe - and always knew he had something about him.

May was 23 when he had a trial at the Gills back in 2016, also trying out at Stevenage and Doncaster, and it was the Yorkshire side who eventually took a gamble on the striker. Now 30, having chosen to sign for Charlton over the Gills in the summer, he’s been banging them in, with 17 to his name already this term.

Ehmer said: “He’s always been a goalscorer, sharp, good movement.

“I remember when he came here a while back on trial. Dacky (Bradley Dack) was here and he knew him from the area so it was years ago! He was only young, well he was small, so he looked young!

“He is a good player, Alfie. He was a finisher. I can’t remember for what reason he didn’t sign, whether we had too many strikers at the time.

“The front boys there score goals, and they score goals for a reason, because they are good players.

“It will be good (to go up against him) and you just have to make sure you concentrate for 90-95 minutes but they will also be a threat from set-pieces, they play good football, we need to make sure that defensively we are sound and when we go down the other end we are clinical.”

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