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.
| 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)[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) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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]