| Steve Burke | |
| Fullname: | Steven James Burke[1] |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Nottingham, England |
| Height: | [2] |
| Position: | Winger |
| Youthclubs1: | Nottingham Forest |
| Years1: | 1978–1979 |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1979–1986 |
| Caps2: | 67 |
| Goals2: | 5 |
| Years3: | 1983 |
| Clubs3: | → Millwall (loan) |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 1984 |
| Clubs4: | → Notts County (loan) |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1985 |
| Clubs5: | → Lincoln City (loan) |
| Caps5: | 5 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1986 |
| Clubs6: | → Brentford (loan) |
| Caps6: | 10 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 1986–1988 |
| Caps7: | 57 |
| Goals7: | 8 |
| Years8: | 1988 |
| Clubs8: | → Stockport County (loan) |
| Caps8: | 5 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 1988 |
| Years10: | 1988–1989 |
| Clubs10: | Grantham Town |
| Totalcaps: | 156 |
| Totalgoals: | 15 |
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.
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]