Alex Davies will be a man on a mission at Meadow Lane on Sunday, when Plymouth Albion take on Nottingham.

The 24-year-old fly-half is not only desperate to help Albion claim their first win of the 2010-11 Championship season, but he also wants to right a wrong from last season.

Albion lost 20-19 to Nottingham at Meadow Lane in January, when Davies and the rest of his team-mates thought they should have won that game and secured a league double over the Green and Whites.

Albion were adamant that two Davies penalty kicks went through the uprights yet were not given by the officials. The visitors were also upset that three of their players were sin-binned and a penalty try was awarded against them, as they looked for their first win at Meadow Lane.

Davies, who scored all Albion's 19 points against Worcester Warriors last Saturday, admitted that the defeat there eight months ago is still fresh in his memory. "The last time we went to Nottingham, we put in a really good performance and we were really unlucky not to come away with a win," he said.

"That defeat has been burning inside me from last year and I know it has been burning inside [Albion chairman of rugby] Graham Dawe. It was a game we should have won."

Albion have not won on their travels since they beat Doncaster on March 13 and they have not won at Nottingham since January 2005, when the Green and Whites were still playing at Ireland Avenue.

To put that record straight on Sunday, Davies believes that Albion are going to have to produce a performance like they did against Worcester.

After suffering a heavy defeat at Bedford in their opening game, Albion gave the title favourites a scare by leading for nearly two thirds of the match before losing 26-19.

"We've got to bring that same intensity, willpower and hunger to each game," Davies added. "We'll need to show that same hunger on Sunday, if we want to get that win."

Last Saturday's game gave prop Mark Manton his first taste of competitive action for Albion since April 1999. With Martin Rice and David Morton unavailable, the 43-year-old came on for the final two minutes against Worcester.

"I was just dying to get on," Manton admitted. "These sort of games you just want to be involved in." He rejoined Albion in January, after playing for Launceston's second team.

"It's over ten years since I last played a league match for the club, but I did play for the [Devonport] Warriors last season," he added. "I've had an opportunity at the beginning of the season due to some injuries, and I've taken it."