Betting against hitman May not be wise!

ALFIE May was inundated with text messages after Birmingham City clinched promotion to the Championship on April 8.

- By ALEX DICKEN

Friends and former team-mates of May wanted to congratulate the striker for achieving what has, in recent years at least, become an obsession.

May might have expected some Championship interest after a third successive 20-goal season in League One. Huddersfield and Blues were his options and he backed the thorough-bred racehorse rather than the pony.

"I was nearly a Huddersfield player but the minute I actually spoke to the gaffer and the plan that he set out and said to me, it was something I just really wanted to be a part of," said May.

"I'm not saying Huddersfield won't get back to the Championship. I'm 31, the drive the gaffer had to get this club back to the Championship, I just wanted to be a part of it.

"I made the right choice. Next year I'm going to be a Championship player. I can tell my kids that I've played in the Championship and that will mean a lot to me."