1964: Born May 31, Glasgow.

1980: Begins playing career with Rangers after moving through the ranks from the Ibrox youth team.

1986: After failing to make a major impact on the Rangers first team, playing just 11 games, joins IK Elfsborg in Sweden.

1987: Returns to Scotland to sign for St Mirren after just one season abroad, scoring five goals in 74 appearances for the Buddies.

1990: Moves to Leicester City for £200,000 in August but is back in Scotland just two months later with Dunfermline for £165,000.

1994: Joins Motherwell for £50,000.

1995: Finished runners-up in the league behind Rangers.

1998: Appointed player-manager at Fir Park, at the age of 33, following the departure of Harri Kampman to become the youngest ever top flight manager in Scotland at the time.

2000: Finished fourth with Motherwell, just two points behind Heart of Midlothian, who qualified for the Uefa Cup.

2001: Sacked by Motherwell after taking three points from first seven SPL games of the season.

2004: After a spell as first-team coach at Preston North End under Craig Brown, takes over as caretaker manager, before being given the job full-time in August.

2005: May 30 - Preston miss out on place in the Barclays Premiership as they go down to West Ham in Coca-Cola Championship play-off final in Cardiff City.

2006: Named manager of the month for January for the first time in English football after winning all four league games and conceding just one goal.

2006: Named manager of the month in April for the second time in three months.

2006: February saw the end of their 22-game unbeaten run which equalled the club record of the 1888 double winning “invincibles”.

2006: May 8 - Another tilt at Premiership ends in disappointment as they are beaten 3-1 on aggregate by Leeds United in Championship play-off semi-finals.

May 19 - Given permission by Preston to talk to managerless Charlton Athletic.

June 2 - Appointed manager of Derby.

2007: May 28 - Derby beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in the Championship play-off final to earn promotion to the Barclays Premier League.

November 25 - After a 2-0 defeat to Chelsea - the club’s 10th of the season - Davies complains about a lack of backing for transfers, claiming he has not spoken to new chairman Adam Pearson for “two or three weeks”.

November 26 - Parts company with the Rams after a woeful start to the season, winning just one match and taking six points from their first 14 games.