There is a touch of the rebel about Darren Currie.

Albion's new wide midfielder has a tattoo of his initials in Chinese on the top of his left arm.

The inside of the same arm bears the chirpy Londoner's nickname 'Ruby' (Ruby Murray, slang for curry).

In fact, daring Darren is smothered in tattoos. His brother's name also adorns his back, but the handful of games he played for tonight's opponents Plymouth a few seasons ago is not a sign that he did the dirty on them.

Currie insists there is an entirely innocent explanation, even though Argyle fans still give him stick about it.

The former Wycombe playmaker made just seven appearances for Plymouth in the old Second Division towards the end of the 1997-98 season before moving to Barnet on a free transfer.

Currie said: "It was only a short-term deal for the end of the season because I knew I had another club lined up. I went there because I knew the manager (Mick Jones).

"There was always that possibility it would become a long term thing, but the manager got the sack at the end of the year and I didn't hear a word out of the chairman or anyone.

"I was waiting and waiting. I hadn't heard from them and I'd heard from another club (Barnet).

"I wasn't going to turn down one offer and sit around waiting for a phone call.

"They (Plymouth supporters) always give me loads of grief because they think I walked out on them, but the fans there have totally misunderstood what happened.

"I'll get some grief off them but I'll take it. I've got a habit of scoring against my old clubs, so with any luck I will do it again."

Currie, 29, is relishing the prospect of his home debut after his first taste of the First Division in Saturday's opening 3-2 defeat at Reading.

"We are going into the game full of confidence on the back of a decent performance at Reading," he said. "They are one of the favoured sides and we held our own.

"It's our first home game. The fans are going to be up for it and all the lads were still buzzing in training yesterday. We just cannot wait.

"I enjoyed my debut and the support was tremendous.

"I felt I could have got involved a bit more on the ball but that will come when people learn about how I play and I learn how others play.

Workrate "I was happy with my workrate and team play. I just know I've got more to offer going forward.

"It doesn't come straight away. You have to work at it.

"I have only been here two and a half weeks, so people are still learning about me and I am still learning about them.

"People have got to understand that I just like to be on the ball a lot. Hopefully then I can create things."

Currie knows what it's like to have a modest home ground and he believes that can work in Albion's favour again.

"It's not nice. People didn't used to like coming to Barnet because of the slope.

"As an away player coming to Withdean it's obviously not a great stadium.

"Hopefully we can use it to our benefit, like last season."