Peter Devine (footballer)

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Peter Devine
Personal information
Full name Peter Devine [1]
Date of birth (1960-05-25) 25 May 1960 (age 63) [1]
Place of birth Blackburn, [1] England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Vancouver Whitecaps
1981–1982 Bristol City 21 (1)
1982–1984 Blackburn Rovers 8 (2)
1984–1986 Burnley 56 (4)
1986–? Lancaster City
Chorley
Morecambe
Clitheroe
Managerial career
2015 AFC Darwen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Devine (born 25 May 1960) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. Devine played professionally for Vancouver Whitecaps, Blackburn Rovers and Burnley and also played non-league football for Lancaster City, Chorley, Morecambe and Clitheroe. [3]

While playing for Lancaster City, Devine became infamous for a missed penalty kick attempt during the 1991 HFS Northern Premier League Division One Cup Final against Whitley Bay. [4] The miss has been voted one of the worst penalty misses of all time and was included on the football blunders videos Danny Baker's Own Goals and Gaffs [sic] and Nick Hancock's Football Nightmares. [5] The miss was repeatedly mocked by Hancock throughout the video and while Devine politely declined to comment to The Athletic to discuss his gaffe, he insisted that he had no hard feelings towards him. [6]

In July 2015, Devine took over as manager of AFC Darwen. [7] After playing just one pre-season friendly, Devine resigned as manager. [8]

He has previously worked as Community Development Officer at Wigan Athletic. [3] He has also worked for a local plastics company, as well as previously being a PE teacher in Spain and owning an English bar in Benalmádena called Devine's. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Peter Devine". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p.  110. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. 1 2 "Ex-Blackburn Rovers and Burnley winger named new AFC Darwen manager". Lancashire Telegraph.
  4. Harris, Daniel; Miller, Nick (8 July 2016). "The Joy of Six: terrible football penalties". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. "Nick Hancock: Football Hell/Football Nightmares/Football Doctor". 27 November 2000 via Amazon.
  6. Miller, Nick (25 December 2020). "'They didn't want the beautiful game. They wanted the ugly one' – football's VHS heyday". The Athletic.
  7. Coney, Steven (8 July 2015). "Former Blackburn winger Peter Devine takes over at AFC Darwen".
  8. "History - AFC Darwen". AFC Darwen.
  9. "Devines (Benalmadena) - 2019 All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)". TripAdvisor.