He was breathalysed and charged with drink driving, just hours after the Cottagers 1-1 draw at Southampton, and the day before the 1-0 home defeat against West Ham, in which he played.

His case was adjourned until yesterday and then postponed again as all remand cases in England and Wales were called off as a mark of respect for the funeral of the Queen Mother.

Former Fulham trainee Davis the club’s only player to perform in all four divisions as the Londoners charged from Division Three to the Premiership is now consulting his solicitor and deciding whether to plead guilty when he returns to the court at 10am on April 23.

If he pleads guilty, his case is likely to be dealt with that day. If he protests his innocence, the hearing is likely to be adjourned again, possibly until after the European Under-21 Championships in Switzerland in May.

In that scenario, England Under-21 boss David Platt will then have to decide whether to echo the hard line stance taken by Sven-Goran Eriksson over his players who make the headlines for the wrong reasons and exclude Davis from his squad.