Daniel Jamie North (born 7 September 1987) is an English professional

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who plays as a forward for Barton Town, where he is also assistant manager. North started his professional career with home town club

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in t ...

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 Alfreton Town Football Club is a football club based in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England. The club are currently members of and play at North Street. History The club was formed in 1959 following the merger of Alfreton Miners Welfare and Alfr ...

in 2010 before moving to Ireland with

St Patrick's Athletic St Patrick's Athletic Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is a professional Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played origin ...

. In 2012, he transferred to

Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí Shligigh) is an Irish professional football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland. The club was founded in 1928 ...

where he remained for several seasons for before a spell with Shamrock Rovers. Since returning to England, North has played in Non-League football and has turned out for Cleethorpes Town,

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, and Barton Town.

Early life

North attended Hereford Technology School in Grimsby.

Playing career

Grimsby Town

North was a product of the

youth team and made the step up to the first team at the start of the 2004–05 season under

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. North made his professional debut for The Mariners in a 3–0 away defeat against

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in on 5 February 2005, when he came on in the 89th minute for

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. North, only made one appearance for The Mariners in the following season, against

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they play in a blue and ...

. He scored his first professional goal on 10 February 2007 also against

. Grimsby won that game 4–3. Town's new manager

Alan Buckley Alan Peter Buckley (born 20 April 1951) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who now works as a sports co-commentator for BBC Humberside. As a player, he was a forward from 1967 to 1987 for Nottingham Forest, ...

began to include North in the first team setup and he completed his first senior hat-trick in a game against

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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

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tie at home to

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. 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

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. 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

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and

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, 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

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made North available for loan. North was released by Grimsby on 1 February 2010.

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

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. On 1 April 2010 North joined

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side

until the end of the season. After seeing out the season with Town he left the club at the end of the season.

St Patrick's Athletic

In June 2010, North agreed to join Irish club

until the end of the

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season in October 2010, taking the number 9 jersey previously worn by Alex Williams who left in the summer transfer window. He made his

debut against Galway United in a 4–2 win on 2 July, coming on as a second-half substitute. On 5 July, 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. North signed a new deal to keep him at St. Pat's for the 2011 season on 17 January 2011. He scored his first goal of the 2011 season away to Derry, a well struck penalty to secure a 1–1 draw for Pats on 21 April 2011. North scored his first goal in a Dublin derby on 25 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. The Saints won 3–1 on penalties but North missed his spotkick. After his goals against Derry City and Shamrock Rovers, North scored against

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, Galway United and Bray Wanderers to take his goal tally to five goals in five games. North continued his superb run of form with two vital goals against

, and more very important goals against UCD, Derry City and

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to increase his tally to 10 goals in 11 games. North won the

Player of the Month and the

Supporters Player of the Month for June 2011 after his goals against Derry City,

, Galway United, Bray Wanderers, two assists against

and all round excellent play. He scored two goals against Galway United on 3 September and a goal against Killester United in the

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on 6 September. North scored another goal in the Dublin derby against Shamrock Rovers on 12 September after coming on from the bench and on 16 September he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win against

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in the

quarter-final. Danny topped a brilliant month by becoming a father for the first time on 20 September to daughter Mia-Grace. He opened the scoring in the

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derby away to Shelbourne in the

semi-final at

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on 14 October 2011. North was part of the St. Pats side that won the 2011 Leinster Senior Cup after beating

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2–0 in the final at

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, he set up Dave McMillan's goal to make it 2–0. North also won the Supporters Young Player of the Year after a season in which he scored 19 goals in 49 appearances in all competitions.

Sligo Rovers

North agreed to join

for the 2012 season on 30 November 2011. He scored his first goal for the club against UCD on 10 March with a delicate lob over the advancing goalkeeper. After an impressive start to the 2012 season, which saw North become the league's top scorer, he then ruptured his cruciate ligament in a 2012–13 UEFA Europa League clash against

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which also saw North missing a penalty. Despite missing the rest of the season he still finished the season as the club's top scorer with 17 goals and earned a nomination for the PFAI Player of the Year. He returned from injury in June 2013 coming on as a sub in an

game in

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. In July he came on as a substitute at

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in a

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loss. North scored his first goal back in a 4–0 away win over

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. Despite not getting fit enough to get a sustained run in the team he made a dramatic sub appearance in the 2013 FAI Cup Final. He came on with 20 minutes left with Sligo trailing 1–0 and scored twice to put Sligo in front before then setting up a dramatic late winner for

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. His contribution earned him the man of the match award and he was named SWAI/Airtricity player of the month for November. He ended the season with seven goals. In the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League North scored in the victory over

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and in both legs against

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Ahead of the 2015 season, North returned to train with former club

, scoring against

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in a friendly victory.

Shamrock Rovers

North joined Shamrock Rovers on 20 November 2014 in preparation for the 2015 season.

Non League career

In the summer of 2017 North signed for

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side Cleethorpes Town. On 28 May 2019, North joined

. Barton Town confirmed on 24 December 2019, that North had joined the club. In the summer of 2020, North joined Grimsby-based Nunsthorpe Tavern of the Lincolnshire League, playing in England's 11th tier.

Coaching career

On 10 May 2021, North was appointed as assistant manager of Barton Town, under his former Grimsby team mate

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as manager. Jarman stated that North would also continue as a player.

Honours

Club

St Patrick's Athletic * Leinster Senior Cup (1):

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Sligo Rovers *

(1):

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(1):

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(1):

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Individual

Young Player of the Season (1): 2006–07 *

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(3): June 2011, June 2012, November 2013 *

Player of the Month (1): June 2011 *

Young Player of the Season (1):

References

External links

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Profile of Danny North
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