Ironically his Blues debut came against his former club in the opening League game of the season. <\/P>
Danns was at home city club Liverpool as a schoolboy but opted to join Blackburn as a trainee. <\/P>
He went on to appear in seven first team games for Rovers, including three Premiership matches.<\/P>
He spent time on loan at Blackpool and Hartlepool during 2003\/04 and the following season saw him join the U's on a similar temporary deal.<\/P>
He made a good impression at Layer Road, scoring four goals in 13 appearances to earn a permanent move to the Essex club.<\/P>
Danns played a pivotal role last season as Phil Parkinson's side won a first ever promotion to the second tier of English football.<\/P>
The 23-year-old left Colchester with an impressive record of 28 goals from 87 games in his two years at the club. <\/P>","D21B7B52C3154356":"1","0DC344593C67F298":"14381","71450CE0B6A0CA84C96E1AF31F3CA129":"1982-11-23","65809D335DC33AB4":"626","7850BFBCDDAACDE9":"Neil Alexander Danns","2E0C5ADB6636D43E":"175cm","57C2653B331A7DDA71EF0009D79DD15B8B218E4BC397458C":"1","e_index":4};