Steve Burke (footballer)

Steve Burke
Personal information
Full name Steven James Burke[1]
Date of birth (1960-09-29) 29 September 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1979 Nottingham Forest 0 (0)
1979–1986 Queens Park Rangers 67 (5)
1983 → Millwall (loan) 7 (1)
1984 → Notts County (loan) 5 (0)
1985 → Lincoln City (loan) 5 (0)
1986 → Brentford (loan) 10 (1)
1986–1988 Doncaster Rovers 57 (8)
1988 → Stockport County (loan) 5 (0)
1988 Shepshed Charterhouse
1988–1989 Grantham Town
Total 156 (15)
International career
1977–1979 England Youth 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Steven James Burke (born 29 September 1960) is an English former footballer who played 156 games in the Football League.[3] He played as a winger.

Playing career

Burke was born in Nottingham, and came through the ranks at Nottingham Forest. His only first-team appearance was on 20 October 1976, while still a schoolboy aged 16 years 22 days, as a substitute in the Anglo-Scottish Cup against Ayr United.[4] He moved on to Second Division club Queens Park Rangers in September 1979 for a fee of £125,000, and made his debut in the Football League on 7 September in a 3–0 win at home to Fulham.[5] He played quite frequently at the beginning of his QPR career, and came on as substitute in the 1982 FA Cup Final replay, which QPR lost to Tottenham Hotspur.[6] He had several loan spells towards the end of his QPR career – at Millwall from October to December 1983,[7] at Notts County from October to December 1984,[8] at Lincoln City from August to September 1985, and at Brentford from March to May 1986[9] – before leaving the club at the end of the 1985–86 season on a free transfer to Doncaster Rovers.[10] He finished his League career with two seasons at Doncaster, including a loan spell at Stockport County.[1][3] Burke's senior career finished in Non-League football, turning out for Shepshed Charterhouse and Grantham Town.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Steve Burke profile". DoncasterRovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ a b "Steve Burke". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Players B". The Bridport Red Archive. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  5. ^ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1979/80" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRNet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  6. ^ Fort, Didier (15 February 2006). "England – FA Cup Finals 1946–2000". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  7. ^ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1983/84" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRNet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  8. ^ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1984/85" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRNet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  9. ^ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1985/86" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRNet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  10. ^ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1986/87" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRNet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  11. ^ "Steve Burke profile". The Football Archives. Retrieved 27 July 2016.