Danny North

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 Drogheda United, 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 Sligo Rovers, and more very important goals against UCD, Derry City and Dundalk to increase his tally to 10 goals in 11 games.

Daniel Jamie North (born 7 September 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Barton Town, where he is also first team manager.

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.

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.

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.

In January 2008 North was named League Two Player of the Month after scoring 4 goals in 5 games.

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.

He departed Grimsby in 2010 and went on to play for Alfreton Town in 2010 before moving to Ireland with St Patrick's Athletic.

On 13 January 2010, new manager Neil Woods made North available for loan.

North was released by Grimsby on 1 February 2010.

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.

On 1 April 2010 North joined Conference North side Alfreton Town until the end of the season.

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

He made his League of Ireland 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 won the League of Ireland 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.

He scored two goals against Galway United on 3 September and a goal against Killester United in the FAI Cup 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 Cork City in the FAI Cup 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 Dublin derby away to Shelbourne in the FAI Cup semi-final at Tolka Park on 14 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.

In 2012, he transferred to Sligo Rovers 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, Lincoln United, and Barton Town.

North attended Hereford Technology School in Grimsby.