Danny North

Danny North

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Jamie North
Date of birth	7 September 1987 (1987-09-07) (age 24)
Place of birth	Grimsby, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	St Patrick's Athletic
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004-2010	Grimsby Town	81	(17)
2010	Alfreton Town	5	(0)
2010-	St Patrick's Athletic[1]	48	(22)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Daniel Jamie "Danny" North (born 7 September 1987 in Grimsby) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Irish club St Patrick's Athletic.

North started his professional career with home town club Grimsby Town in 2004. He went on to play for Alfreton Town in 2010 before moving to Ireland.

Club career

Grimsby Town

Danny North was a product of the Grimsby Town youth team^[2] 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.^[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 Carling 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.^[4] and he was the clubs 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.^[5]

Alfreton Town

On 17 February North scored whilst playing for the Scunthorpe United reserve team in a 6-1 loss with the second string of Hartlepool United.^[6] On 1 April 2010 North joined Conference North side Alfreton Town until the end of the season.^[7] After seeing out the season with Town he left the club at the end of the season.

St Patrick's Athletic

2010 Season

In June 2010, North agreed to join Irish club St Patrick's Athletic until the end of the League of Ireland season in October 2010, taking the number 9 jersey previously worn by Alex Williams who left in the summer transfer window .^[8] He made his debut against Galway United FC in a 4-2 on July the 2nd, coming on as a second half substitute [1]. On July 5, he made his first appearance in a Dublin derby as a second half substitute, a 2-1 defeat to Shamrock Rovers. North finished the 2010 season with seven goals, making him a popular figure with saints fans.

2011 Season

North signed a new deal to keep him at St. Pat's for the 2011 season on January 17, 2011. [2]. North scored his first goal of the 2011 season away to Derry, a well struck penalty to secure a 1-1 draw for Pats on the 21st of April 2011 [3]. North scored his first goal in a Dublin derby on the 25th of April against Shamrock Rovers in the League Cup, coming on in the 70th minute and scoring a penalty in the 89th minute to level the score at 1-1 [4]. The Saints won 3-1 on penalties but North missed his spotkick. After his goals against Derry City and Shamrock Rovers, North didn't look back scoring against Drogheda United [5], Galway United [6] and Bray Wanderers [7] to take his goal tally to 5 goals in 5 games. North continued his superb run of form with two vital goals against Sligo Rovers [8] and more very important goals against UCD [9], Derry City [10] and Dundalk [11] to increase his tally to 10 goals in 11 games. North won the Airtricity League Player of the Month and the St Patrick's Athletic Supporters Player of the Month for June 2011 after his goals against Derry City, Dundalk, Galway United, Bray Wanderers, two assists against Drogheda United and all round excellent play. September 2011 is a month North will never forget after scoring two goals against Galway United on the 3rd, a goal against Killester United on the 6th, a goal in the Dublin Derby against Shamrock Rovers on the 12th after coming on from the bench, the winning goal in a 1-0 win against Cork City in the FAI Cup quarter-final and the birth of his first child Mia-Grace North on the 20th. He opened the scoring in the Dublin derby away to Shelbourne in the FAI Cup Semi-Final at Tolka Park on the 14th of October 2011. North was part of the St.Pats side that won the 2011 Leinster Senior Cup after beating Bohemians 2-0 in the final at Dalymount Park, he set up Dave McMillan's goal to make it 2-0. North also won the Supporters Young Player of the Year after a great season in which he scored 19 goals in 49 appaerances in all competitions.

Honours

Grimsby Town

• Coca Cola League Two Play-off runner up: 2005-06
• Supporters Young Player of the Year: 2007
• Coca Cola League Two Player of the Month: January 2008
• Football League Trophy runner up: 2007-08

St.Patrick's Athletic

• Supporters Player of the Month
  • June - 2011
• Airtricity League Player of the Month
  • June - 2011
• Leinster Senior Cup
  • 2011
• Supporters Young Player of the Year
  • 2011

References

1. ^ "Daniel North". Airtricity League. http://inform.fai.ie/Statsportal/PlayerDetails.aspx?PlayerID=94807. Retrieved 24 November 2010. 
2. ^ Player Profile at the Electronic Fishcake
3. ^ North scores his first goal at the Electronic Fishcake
4. ^ Striker North lands January award at BBC Sport
5. ^ http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~1951822,00.html
6. ^ http://www.sportscunny.co.uk/headlines/Striker-nets-game-United/article-1842142-detail/article.html
7. ^ http://www.sportgrimsby.co.uk/grimsbytown/North-joins-Alfreton/article-1963934-detail/article.html
8. ^ http://www.sportgrimsby.co.uk/grimsbytown/Danny-hoping-luck-Irish/article-2354666-detail/article.html

External links

• Danny North career stats at Soccerbase
• Profile of Danny North at codalmighty.com

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Name	North, Danny
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Date of birth	7 September 1987
Place of birth	Grimsby, England
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