Carl Howarth has surprisingly accepted the offer of a switch to local Second Division rivals Padiham.

Howarth departs

Carl, who hasn't been firing on all cylinders in the last few weeks, was approached by both Padiham and Bacup last week, and has accepted a transfer to the former after Boro were unable to guarantee a first team place.

It comes as a surprise to me that Carl has made the switch to a team that I am convinced has massively over-achieved this season and will steadily fall out of the title race before the season comes to its close.

Having said that, there is no doubting that if he gets his form back together that he will certainly add something to their squad.

Good luck Carl, but not too much of it!