Danny North
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel North | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Grimsby, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Grimsby Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2010 | Grimsby Town | 81 | (17) |
| 2010 | Alfreton Town | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | St Patrick's Athletic | 48 | (22) |
| 2012–2014 | Sligo Rovers | 59 | (23) |
| 2015–2016 | Shamrock Rovers | 32 | (12) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:28, 29 September 2016 (UTC). |
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Daniel Jamie "Danny" North (born 7 September 1987) is an English professional footballer who is currently a free agent.
North started his professional career with home town club Grimsby Town in 2004 where he went on to break into the first team several years later. He departed Grimsby in 2010 and went on to play for Alfreton Town in 2010 before moving to Ireland with St Patrick's Athletic. In 2012 he transferred to Sligo Rovers where he remained for several seasons.
North was a product of the Grimsby Town youth team and made the step up to the first team at the start of the 2004–05 season under Russell Slade. North made his professional debut for The Mariners in a 3–0 away defeat against Bristol Rovers in on 5 February 2005, when he came on in the 89th minute for Andy Parkinson. North, only made one appearance for The Mariners in the following season, against Mansfield Town. He scored his first professional goal on 10 February 2007 also against Bristol Rovers. Grimsby won that game 4–3. Town's new manager Alan Buckley began to include North in the first team setup and he completed his first senior hat-trick in a game against Barnet on 21 April 2007, where he scored a penalty in the last minute to put Grimsby 5–0 ahead at the end of the game. On 14 August 2007, North scored Grimsby's 7,000th goal in all competitions, in the League Cup tie at home to Burnley. In January 2008 North was named League Two Player of the Month after scoring 4 goals in 5 games. and he was the club's top scorer at the end of the 2007–08 season. His recent performances had earned him interest from higher division clubs including Leeds United. For the 2008–09 season, North struggled from fitness and injury problems from the start, and following the dismissal of Alan Buckley, he found himself out of favour with new manager Mike Newell. Newell had brought in several new signings such as Adam Proudlock and Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro, which eventually left North with only run outs in the reserves, even finding it hard to claim a place on the substitute bench. Following an impressive pre-season by the player, which was also coupled with injuries and suspensions to fellow strikers, North briefly won his place back in the team at the start of the 2009–10 season. On 13 January 2010, new manager Neil Woods made North available for loan. North was released by Grimsby on 1 February 2010.
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