Steve Burke (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven James Burke[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left 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) |
| Total | 156 | (15) | |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Steven James "Steve" Burke (born 29 September 1960) is an English former footballer who played 156 games in the Football League.[2] He played as a left 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] He had several loan spells towards the end of his QPR career – at Millwall from October to December 1983,[6] at Notts County from October to December 1984,[7] at Lincoln City from August to September 1985, and at Brentford from March to May 1986[8] – before leaving the club at the end of the 1985–96 season on a free transfer to Doncaster Rovers.[9] He finished his League career with two seasons at Doncaster, including a loan spell at Stockport County.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 "Steve Burke profile". DoncasterRovers.co.uk. Forward Productions. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- 1 2 "Steve Burke". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ↑ "Players B". The Bridport Red Archive. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ↑ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1979/80" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRNet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ↑ Fort, Didier (15 February 2006). "England – FA Cup Finals 1946–2000". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ↑ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1983/84" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRNet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ↑ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1984/85" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRNet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ↑ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1985/86" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRNet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ↑ Westerberg, Kenneth. "1986/87" (Excel spreadsheet). QPRNet. Ron Norris. Retrieved 21 October 2010.