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The latest stories from across FansNetwork... Football/Rochdale/Former midfielder dies aged 60 - Former Dale midfielder Brian Greenhoff has died aged sixty at his Norden home this morning. Football/Leeds United/The big Georgian decides to stay in Turkey - The commentators on the Football League show heaved a big sigh of relief today, with the news that former Reading player Zurab Khizanishvili will not be coming to Leeds after all. Football/Southampton/Andy Carroll Pulls Out Could Lambert Be Drafted For England ? - Andy Carroll has pulled out of the England squad due to injury, could this be Rickie Lamberts chance ? Football/Southampton/McMenemy Honoured By The League Managers Association - Ex Saints manager Lawrie McMenemy has been rewarded for his service to football management by the League Managers Association. Football/Queens Park Rangers/Still just a potato – full match report - QPR slipped quietly to a twenty first and final defeat of a dreadful 2012/13 season at Liverpool on Sunday with Michael Harriman putting his team mates to shame on a first Premier League start. Football/Southampton/Vote For The Joiners As Britains Best Small Venue - Once again Southampton's very own Joiners Arms is featured in the national music press, this time it needs your help to win the title. Football/Rochdale/Shall we take a trip? - It's going to be another season of long journeys with just two away games that are less than an hour's drive away from. Football/Leeds United/Georgia on Brian's mind? - Brian McDermott is set to name a Reading old-boy to the ranks of Leeds United and it isn't Ian Harte (yet!) 31-year-old Georgian centre-back Zurab Khizanishvili is available on a free after his contract with Turkish club Kayserispor expired. Football/Leeds United/Isn't it time we stopped dissin' Yeovil! - The official Leeds website could not resist trotting out the old "Where's Yeovil?" Line as the Somerset club booked their place in next seasons Championship, Hwever shouldn't we show the folks from Huish Park at bit more respect. Football/Leeds United/If you ever needed proof Strachan would be a disaster for Leeds here it is! - Gordon Strachan has left Ross McCormack "gutted" by omitting him from Scotland's 28-man squad to face Croatia on June 7th.
Davies came through the youth ranks at Tranmere Rovers, making his first team debut at the age of 17 in 2005 Though initially established as a striker, lack of starting opportunities saw him switch to the left wing. Leeds United unsuccessfully attempted to sign the winger on three separate occasions. Davies contract with Tranmere expired at the close of the 2007-08 season season and he attracted the interest of Derby, with Rams manager Paul Jewell signing him on a three year deal with Derby on June 12, 2008. As the two clubs could not agree a fee for Davies, on the 26th August 2008 a tribunal ordered Derby to pay Tranmere up to £725,000 in compensation. He made his competitive first team debut in August 2008 and scored his first goal against Birmingham City on 30 September 2008 At the end of March 2009, he suffered a hairline fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his right foot and was ruled out for the rest of the season. Davies enjoyed a successful 2009/10 pre season for Derby, scoring four goals in as many games, prompting manager Nigel Clough to challenge to maintain the form and claim a first team spot heading into the new season. Despite starting in the first team, a succession of injuries meant that Davies only played in two matches between the end of August 2009 and January 2010. After returning, Davies embarked on a run of five consecutive appearances, though four were as substitute. Sadly his fitness problems returned and he made four starts in the next seventeen fixtures and the club announced Davies was to undergo ankle surgery which ruled him out until June 1. Clough was determined to improve Davies conditioning for the 2010/11 season, stating "He will be back in training on 1 June, four weeks before everybody else." Davies subsequently damaged his cruciate ligaments in pre-season training and was ruled out for a further six months. With his contract up at the end of the 10/11 season, he will have to put in some brilliant performances to have any hope of a new contract at Derby. It is a terrible shame that a player with obvious skill and talent will be slave to a body that cannot cope with the rigors of football. Though all Rams fans hope that will prove not to be the case! Player Ratings for Steve Davies
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