The Rebels midfielder scored twice and set up the third as they broke down Padiham's stiff resistance in the first round proper of the FA Vase.
The warehouse worker had not started for FC for nearly three weeks as he took his new bride Theresa on honeymoon... supping Guinness in Dublin.
But after being recalled, Carden made an immediate impact in front of a near-capacity 1,371 crowd at the Arbories Memorial Ground in north Lancashire.
He clinically finished chances in the 65th and 73rd minutes before sending Stuart Rudd clear for his 17th goal of the season in the sixth minute of injury time.
That put FC into today's draw for the second round, but manager Karl Marginson warned: "It's early days. Once it goes national you never know who you can come up against."
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Free Red, Manchester (09/10/2006 at 16:40)
Phil, Lids (10/10/2006 at 09:17)
Jimmy, Oldham (11/10/2006 at 13:13)
It's just more blatant free PR for the MUEN's current flavour of the month.
There is a major local relegation battle in League Two, but all the MUEN seem bothered about is a group of non-League chancers who will vanish as soon as the novelty wears off or they stop winning every week.
ian, MANCHESTER (12/10/2006 at 00:33)
Adams Apple, Onherneck, England (17/10/2006 at 18:29)