Here is the 13th of our weekly series profiling players across the region. Each week a different player will reveal their best (and worst) moments. This week it is the turn of Ossett Town’s talisman Danny Frost.
The hero: Danny Frost celebrates booking Ossett Town’s plum FA Cup tie with FC United of Manchester in September. Picture: Mark Gledhill
Name: Danny Frost
Age: 28
Position: Striker
Current Club: Ossett Town
Previous Clubs: Winterton Rangers, Pontefract Collieries, Gainsborough Trinity, Shaw Lane, Bradford (Park Avenue), Spennymoor Town, Ossett Albion.
Day Job: Ground Worker
Best mate in football: Liam McFadyen (Stocksbridge Park Steels captain)
Description of Career Highlight: Scoring two goals for Shaw Lane against Knaresborough Town to guarantee promotion from Toolstation NCEL Division One to the Premier Division, along winning promotion again in the following year to get Shaw Lane into the Evo Stik.
Lowest Moment in Football: Losing in the Ossett local derby a few months ago.
Shaw Lane striker Danny Frost leaps through the air after scoring against Knaresborough to help guide his side to promotion in 2014. Photo: White Rose Photos
Shaw Lane Aquaforce manager Craig Elliott celebrates winning the Toolstation NCEL Premier Division with Luke O’Brien, captain Sam Denton and Danny Frost in May 2015
Danny Frost has been the perennial hero for Ossett Town since Grant Black took over. Picture: Mark Gledhill
Description of Most Memorable Match: Shaw Lane v Knaresbrough (April 2014) at home. We needed one point to guarantee promotion and we were losing 1-0 with 20 mins to go and I scored two late goals to guarantee promotion. We ended up drawing 2-2 with the last kick of the game, but promotion was secured.
First semi-professional manager: Richard Sennett (Winterton Rangers)
Description of First Red Card (at semi-professional level): Whilst playing for Winterton at Frickley in the Sheffield Cup.
Description of First Goal (at semi-professional level): It was for Winterton Rangers against Pickering Town. It was 18 yards out and a volley into top corner.
Description of favourite goal (at semi-professional level): Bradford (Park Avenue) v Harrogate Town. We were winning 1-0 and I picked ball up from middle of park and my mate Phil Barnes was a little bit of his line. I was about 35 yards out and fancied hitting it so I did n it flew in top corner.
What do you want to achieve in football in the future: To win as many trophies as possible.
Favourite Non League Ground to play at (barring your own club): FC United of Manchester
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Take a look at our previous Player Profiles
Worsbrough Bridge midfielder Connor Rollinson
Hemsworth Miners Welfare midfielder Lee Swift
Brighouse Town goalkeeper Tom Taylor
Farsley Celtic midfielder Chris Howarth
Then Shaw Lane AFC attacker Joe Thornton
Selby Town utility man Mick Jones
AFC Emley defender Liam Schofield
Garforth Town defender Luke McCrum
Yorkshire Amateur striker Joel Hughes
Nostell Miners Welfare full-back Eddy Busfield