Forward James McPike has rejoined Blue Square North club Solihull Moors after leaving Blue Square Premier Kettering Town.
McPike joined Birmingham as a 13-year-old and was a prolific goalscorer at under-15 and under-16 level and was top scorer in the 2004/05 season in the under-18s while still at school.
He signed a two-year professional contract on his 17th birthday, and at the end of the 2007/08 season McPike was given a Mercedes-Benz by Olivier Kapo after the apprentice spent the season cleaning the Frenchman's boots – something that made the national news at the time!
He made one first-team appearance for Birmingham, before enjoying a spell on loan Solihull Moors.
He was released by Birmingham after a succession of injuries, before joining Kettering last May.
