Sittingbourne teenager Jake Embery is being watched by Charlton.

League 1 Addicks sent a scout to Brickies’ 1-0 win over Carshalton at the weekend as the 17-year-old started for the first time since recovering from a broken arm.

The young striker was made aware of Charlton’s interest bit didn’t let it affect him, producing another good performance.

Brickies boss Nick Davis sees similarities with Alfie May, the Hythe forward who moved to League 2 Doncaster in January.

Davis said: “Jake wants to be a professional footballer. He’s got a lot of ability, so why not?

“He’s quick, he takes people on and has real good balance. He reminds me of Alfie May in that he makes things happen by himself, without relying on others.

“That’s an important trait for a centre-forward because if you’re not getting much service, you have to go and get the ball and be one of those who makes things happen.”

Sittingbourne go to Horsham on Saturday and host Faversham in their final home game of the season on Easter Monday (both 3pm).

It’s been a good season for the Brickies, well clear of the relegation fight Davis feared and sitting comfortably in 15th place.

They’ve done it without a prolific striker with Miles Cornwell, on eight goals, still their leading scorer despite leaving for Folkestone last October. After him, defenders Jono Richardson and Tom Carsle have six each.

Davis said: “Every other side has someone in double figures and there are teams below us with 20-goal strikers.

“Credit to everyone for scoring goals all over the park but you wonder if we’d had a 20-goal striker, how many of those 10 draws we could have turned into wins?

“We’ve done well considering we’ve not got one player in double figures.

“We’ve been searching for that player ever since Ryan Golding and Joe Taylor left.

“If we can find him, we might be competing in the top half.

“The teams down the bottom would give their right arm to be where we are but I still think we could be 10-15 points better off.”