Emile Heskey scored on his Bolton Wanderers debut to help them to victory over Championship rivals Blackburn Rovers yesterday.

The former Liverpool and Aston Villa striker was played in by another golden oldie, Eidur Gudjohnsen.

Heskey's last goal in English football came for Aston Villa in August 2011 - ironically against the same opposition, who actually had him on trial just over a month ago - and it took him just 14 minutes on his return to find the net.

"I've got two old age pensioners playing for me," Lennon grinned. "A lot of people were laughing behind our backs bringing these guys in.

"Only Gudjohnsen could see that pass and Heskey was awesome. I wasn't expecting that from him if I'm honest. Heskey was a huge influence on the way we played."