HUDLIN'S READY TO HIT LOFTY HEIGHTS!

WHILE many of us are ticking off our ‘to do’ lists in the run-up to Christmas, giant Solihull Moors striker Kyle Hudlin is working through his very own checklist.

- David Lawrence

And while we might be struggling with those big day essentials, this 6ft 9in marksman seems to be having no such problems following his meteoric rise through Non-League.

At the beginning of this stop-start season, Hudlin was lining up for Midland Football League Division Two side Solihull United – that’s Non-League’s Step 7. Three months later he was opening the scoring in an FA Cup tie at League Two Morecambe. Meteoric might not be going far enough!

“It has always been a dream for me,” admitted the 20-year-old. “You set yourself targets as a kid – playing in the FA Cup, scoring in the FA Cup, playing Champions League and it just means I can tick some of those off now. I never expected it to happen so soon but it was an absolute blessing that it did.