New Signing

With Danny Penswick’s loan period about to end tomorrow, Gary has acted to replenish our midfield.

Our 2 feeder clubs have come up trumps, and we have signed Brad Maylett from Fleetwood Town, previously with Leigh Genesis.

Playing Career:

Brad started his career in 1998 at Burnley as a trainee making 45 league appearances, with all but three of them being as a substitute. He joined Swansea City on loan on 15 March 2003, making six appearances. In June he joined the club permanently on a free transfer. On his debut for the club he scored a hat-trick in a 4-2 victory over Bury at Vetch Field. His first goal came just five minutes into his debut.

On 18 March 2005 Maylett joined Boston United initially on loan, when he made nine appearances, scoring three goals, before signing on a permanent contract on 1 June. On 2 March 2007 he joined Chester City on loan making five appearances and scoring one goal. He left Boston in 2007, following the club’s double relegation from League Two to the Conference North.

He signed a one year contract with Conference National club Northwich Victoria on 16 July 2007.

In February 2008 Maylett signed for Leigh Genesis, then in the Conference North on a free transfer. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 defeat to Hinckley United in March 2008. The club were relegated to the Northern Premier League Premier Division at the end of the season, and he started the 2008–09 season with Leigh. And after a total of 27 league appearances, with five goals, he moved to Fleetwood Town in the Conference North on 14 November 2008, making his debut as a second half substitute the next day in a 2-1 away victory over Stafford Rangers.

He is a wide midfielder, who can play on either flank.

Thanks Danny, maybe we’ll see you again.
Clearly Gary believes in Cod!

If Fleetwood want to loan us Adam Warlow until the end of the season that would be good of them.

In all seriousness the loan of players like Dunn and Penswick is positive for both clubs. I think Fleetwood realise that Ashley is certainly an excellent prospect and are unlikely therefore to allow him to make a permanent move to us. He will have come on from his first team experience with us and at the same time served us very well.

The relationship with Fleetwood is very positive, Gary knows Micky Mellon pretty well, when he was manager at Lancaster his assistant just happened to be Micky Mellon! Also given that one coaches the youth at Blackburn and the other at Burnley, I guess they have a fair bit of contact.