His behaviour at Albion Rovers – a self-inflicted red card followed by offensive gestures as he left the pitch – threatened his place in the team, his captaincy of the club and his relationship with John McGlynn.

Davidson has managed to save all three and has since issued a public apology via the club's official website, although he did not escape a club fine.

The 24-year-old has accepted that his actions were unacceptable, and has vowed to repay the manager who entrusted him with the captain's armband in the first place.

"That was one of my biggest worries after what happened," Davidson told SportsPress.

"The gaffer is someone who has been really good to me, kept faith in me and believes in me as a player and I spoiled that for him and let him down on Tuesday night.

"I can only thank him for keeping me on as captain and giving me a second chance."

Davidson was also concerned that Rovers supporters may turn on him, but he helped regain their respect with a captain's performance in the 2-0 win over Queen's Park on Saturday.

"It wasn't a good week for me but I just had to put it to the back of my mind and get on with it," he said.

"I had to try to do what I normally do and not change my game. I still had to tackle and press.

"It's a good thing to try and get a couple of early touches. It's on your mind, there's no denying that, but you have to put it to the back of your mind.

"It's in the past now, and I've faced the consequences. I've been punished and rightly so, and now I'm only looking forward to the future."

On his website apology the skipper added: "It was important to do.
"I let everyone down on Tuesday night by doing what I did when I walked off the pitch and it was important to apologise.

"When you're in the wrong the worst thing to do is not acknowledge you were in the wrong.

"I want the fans on my side, I don't want them against me, so it was important thing to do."

Davidson was involved in another flashpoint on Saturday although this time he was the victim of a kick that saw Queen's Park reduced to 10 men.

He was delighted to captain the side to victory after a difficult week.
"Maybe against 10 men we could have wanted more goals but sometimes in those circumstances the other team work harder," he said. "We've passed it well and that was a good thing to come out of the game."

Davidson is also encouraged by his team's defending since the start of the season with no goals conceded in three competitive games.
"We looked at the play-offs and mentioned that with Airdrie, there was no messing about," he said.

"The whole back four and goalkeeper have been very steady. We've got two good talkers in Mark and Laurie, and both have played in the First Division and know what it's about."

After missing out on promotion in the play-offs in each of the last two seasons, Davidson is determined that Rovers will go up champions this time around.

"There's another 34 games to go so there will be twists and turns to come," he said.

"It's going to be wide open. There's no out and out full-time team but we just have to worry about what we do, and make sure we come off the pitch with three points every Saturday.

"Hopefully after the 36 games we'll be lifting the trophy. Play-offs are a lottery so we don't want to go down that road again, we want to do our utmost to be champions. The clean sheets will help."