 He played his last game for the club in the League Cup fixture with Blackburn Rovers and after that he was shelved by Buckley who dropped him to the reserves, which is where he remained for the rest of his time at Grimsby before he was eventually released in October 2008 by the club's new manager Mike Newell due to the aforementioned travel problems.In February 2009, he was announced as Roy McFarland's first signing at non-League club Burton Albion when he signed a contract until May 2009, he was released at the end of the season.Upon his release he signed for Worcester City in July 2009.