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>","0FCC2F07B9D0EBFD":"Tranmere Rovers","A16D5E6475634BB1C2248B183B7E41495B218039EB2EF0A3":"1","09702F2B27619389F07D77F05427B135":"2019-9-19","A16D5E6475634BB126EF698FB3550B8C":"0","2B5572269355781B0007104B7181FA88":"1982-11-23","C6E00DEB351621C4":"14381","18E9F76C307DDD99":"626","F27CBDD6332F20A59321B0F4E9CF2AB8":"35","5E8F53D0A504BF86":"Neil Alexander Danns","0A9B0394F31973591937C38F2F471911":"Bury,Blackpool[on loan],Bolton Wanderers[on loan],Huddersfield Town[on loan],Bristol City[on loan],Leicester City,Crystal Palace,Blackburn Rovers,Birmingham,Colchester United[on loan],Hartlepool United FC[on loan]","4678B5349347B7EB":"77kg","30A86FC0880FF75E":"175cm","8DC362CCE065919BCF40467C0DE6A7E8":"","A7F9B63E25A659E5":"Neil Alexander Danns","9EBD0BFF9766B31DEF99430639A2F292":"Bury","FA149E2002A43ED77C24C62CDFF094A5":"1","82CBDCB828DBDF896209A361CA981BCF":"","0C852134AA40B2DD":"1","DA5E7C1A0F1CB829A66A16651D2472FD":"England,Guyana","e_index":1};