Peter Burke (Footballer) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Peter Burke is an Irish former footballer. After serving in the Irish Army, Burke joined newly formed Derry City F.C. On 22 August 1929, he scored the club's first ever goal in the Irish League, in front of a crowd of 7,500 people against Glentoran at Derry City's home ground, Brandywell Stadium. Derry City Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Chathair Dhoire) is a professional football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division. It has spent the majority of its time in the League of Ireland in the Premier Division, the top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland, however it was expelled in November 2009 when it was discovered there were secondary, unofficial contracts with players. It was reinstated, however, a few weeks later but demoted to the First Division, the second tier.