BURNLEY FC striker Andy Payton has been charged with failing to provide a breath sample and a series of motoring offences after being arrested following an accident in Padiham.

The accident occurred at 11.25pm on Sunday in Cemetery Road and Payton, 33, of Accrington, was arrested just after midnight, on Monday.

He spent the night in the cells of Burnley Police Station in Parker Lane.

He was was charged by police yesterday with failing to provide a specimen of breath, failing to report a road traffic accident, failing to stop after a road traffic accident and other motoring offences.

He is due to appear before Burnley magistrates tomorrow.

Payton is a former pupil of Gawthorpe High School and started his footballing career as a trainee with Burnley, the club he supported as a boy.

He put the disappointment of being released by John Bond behind him to forge a successful career in the game.

After a spell Hull City, Andy was signed by Middlesbrough for a then club record fee of £800,000. Glasgow football giants Celtic were his next port of call, before he returned to England with Barnsley. After that it was on to Huddersfield before Chris Waddle brought the prodigal son home to Burnley in 1998.

This season Andy has managed to pass two personal footballing milestones that put him up there with the best of Burnley's strikers.

He netted his 200th league goal and made his 500th league appearance.

Andy was picked as one of the substitutes for Saturday's match at Crystal Palace, but did not come off the bench.

He has scored four goals in 11 substitute appearances this season.