After failing to find the net at Preston, and suffering a three match ban for being sent off, he was dropped to the reserve side.
But he scored his first goal in a Preston shirt when he helped North End reserves to a 3-3 draw with a young Manchester City side.
The on-loan striker, playing his second game in the Pontins League since being sent home from England Under-19 duty for breaking a curfew, joined Neil Mellor and Patrick Agyemang on the Preston North End scoresheet in an entertaining encounter against Manchester City at Deepdale.
Toon Striker On His Way Back?
It isn't going to set the world alight ... but it's a start!