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>","5BAE2FF41BC6AD03489546EF11EAFCB7":"1982-11-23","C3DE130B7D4AB7DB":"Neil Alexander Danns","E6AF7DF584DAD5AA":"Tranmere Rovers","12F030D6FCEE9D12":"14381","2278C81F60D7F1EC75F92E0677FAB34E":"Bury","44815DEA11FB577D3ADEC3055D57C9DB":"0","5BB437CAF240E475":"77kg","EDBF020A791C65EC6DC356F5C22437AB":"35","44815DEA11FB577D5BF802155ED45F52BF89EAE80D401A5B":"1","B6B40535701B4CD0C0B8D7C99C269CE6":"","EBC62A89E472008E656D0DA73634C539":"","7A976CFA8EAD315B":"Neil Danns","185D9308B7C9E0BBE486C613A62D93FE":"1","1A49EE26E6AAD5C6E965A1D5B61D9EEF":"Bury,Blackpool[Thu\u00ea],Bolton Wanderers[Thu\u00ea],Huddersfield Town[Thu\u00ea],Bristol City[Thu\u00ea],Leicester City,Crystal Palace,Blackburn Rovers,Birmingham,Colchester United[Thu\u00ea],Hartlepool United FC[Thu\u00ea]","572BB26E7A76C211":"626","4FB95329DB27F065AB688F47FF3E7436":"2019-9-19","D39E7C23A464F86D":"1","FD159EB5937AD12FA1FFAC9CD65B6CDA":"Anh,Guy-a-na","e_index":5};