 His belated Football League debut at Leyton Orient on 9 August 2003 saw him open the scoring in a 3–1 win, as Rovers went on to win the Division Three title.Blundell scored 18 goals during the season.However, many Rovers fans felt that he had reached his level at League one and despite being given chances in the first team, he never managed to achieve the success he had the season before.