The talented central defender is in his second spell at the Bolyen Ground after signing from Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee in January 2007.

Having left Coventry City for Tottenham in August 2004, Davenport was immediately loaned to West Ham United for three months before returning to White Hart Lane. Some three years later, he headed back to east London, this time on a permanent basis.

Born in Bedford, the eight-times capped England U-21 international joined Aston Villa as a 12-year-old schoolboy before moving to Derby County. After turning down a one-week trial with West Ham, he then began his professional career with the Sky Blues after progressing through the youth ranks at Highfield Road, where he was twice an FA Youth Cup runner-up.

Indeed, he was the youngest player on the Boleyn Ground pitch when the Joe Cole-inspired Hammers beat the Coventry youngsters 6-0 in the second leg of the 1999 final.

After progressing to the Sky Blues' first-team, he then made his senior debut as a second-half substitute in a goalless Premiership draw against Bradford City on the final day of the 2000/01 season, before going on to make 84 league and cup appearances.

He played his last game for Coventry in their 2-1 victory over West Ham in August 2004 and after turning in a man of the match performance, it was announced at the final whistle that he had been sold to Tottenham Hotspur in a £1.1m transfer, rising to a possible £3m.

Within days, though, the towering 6ft 3ins defender was heading back to the Championship after Spurs agreed to loan their new signing to the Hammers and he duly made his West Ham debut in a 2-1 win at Sheffield United, before going on to play ten league games for the club.

Having impressed in the centre of defence during our push for promotion, there was widespread disappointment when Davenport was recalled by Spurs in mid-November.

After making his long-awaited debut for Tottenham in a 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa, Davenport then headed out for further loan spells at Southampton (12 appearances) and Norwich City (16 appearances) the following season, before returning to White Hart Lane to play in their last four matches of the 2005/06 campaign - including the final-day 2-1 defeat at the Boleyn Ground that cost them a Champions League spot.

After winning a place in Martin Jol's team at the start of 2006/07 season, Davenport then found himself on the sidelines as Ledley King and Michael Dawson formed a formidable first-choice partnership and having made 20 appearances- scoring one goal - for Spurs, he headed back to the Boleyn Ground for an undisclosed fee during the January transfer window.

Unfortunately, injury ruled him out for the season after just half-a-dozen outings, but following a hernia operation he was looking to get back on track during the 2007/08 campaign and was fit again by October. After a reserve-outing in early January 2008, Davenport was loaned to Watford for an initial one-month deal with a view to a permanent transfer. However, he fractured a bone in his neck on his Hornets debut on 19 January, an injury which would sideline him for some time.