"The result was really disappointing, but I can't explain how great it is to be back playing league football on a Saturday instead of shopping with the missus or watching Soccer Saturday on TV," he has told Sky Sports
"I've played a couple of games in the Carling Cup for Blackburn, but it's not the same as being out there in the league at the weekend.
"It did feel a bit weird at first, simply because I've been at Blackburn so long.
"I know everyone there, all the players, the staff, the people in the office, and so you become a bit like a part of the furniture.
"The lads here have been brilliant though, and I had the usual initiation on the way up to Doncaster. We were stuck in a bit of traffic and a few of them thought it would be a good time to switch the microphone on and get me up to sing a song."