Former Portsmouth, Tottenham, Fulham and Bolton midfielder: I hated England call-up - and had a better time clubbing

The former Blues man has also told how he sneaked out of the Three Lions’ training base during his one and only call-up in 2003.

Davis explained how there was a ‘weird’ atmosphere among the players when he was brought into the fray by Sven-Goran Eriksson ahead of a 3-1 friendly defeat to Australia.

And that led to the man who made 116 appearances after arriving at Fratton Park in 2006, taking some evasive action after being given the cold shoulder.

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Speaking on the On the Judy Podcast, Davis said: ‘I hated it, I hated the experience.

‘So they pick you up ago to a hotel in Canary Wharf. It was all weird, no one really spoke.

'I'm looking around thinking this is my first time in the England squad, no one really came up to me and said anything.

‘So I'm thinking this is a weird situation so I actually went home, stayed at home and came back in the morning. I didn't stay in the hotel as you were rooming up by yourself anyway.

'Not like you were allowed to do that, but I was just like you know what this is long I don't want to be sitting in a room by myself.

'I went home, came back, went down for breakfast. All the southerners on one side of the table, all the northerners on the other side of the table.

'It's not me being bitter this is just how I saw it. And then we trained but not everyone trained and then the next day we did a little pattern of play - wasn't involved in that.

'There was 24 players, three didn't play which I think was me, maybe Scotty Parker and Matt Upson. But then after the game they lost 3-1, people were just getting changed and going home.

'I don't think I even heard Eriksson say anything. So I was just alright, get in the shower and straight out.

'All of my family were there and I felt sorry for them as they travelled to Upton Park from south London which is a bitch of a drive. I ended up having a better time going to a nightclub after.’

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