Peter Devine (born 25 May 1960) is an English former professional

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who played as a winger. Devine played professionally for

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, Blackburn Rovers and

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

and also played non-league football for

Lancaster City Lancaster City Football Club is an English semi-professional non-League football club based in the northern city of Lancaster, Lancashire. They currently compete in and play at Giant Axe. They are full members of the Lancashire County Footb ...

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came pr ...

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...

and Clitheroe. While playing for Lancaster City, Devine became infamous for a missed

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attempt during the 1991 HFS Northern Premier League Division One Cup Final against Whitley Bay. 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 ic' and ''

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's Football Nightmares''. The miss was repeatedly mocked by Hancock throughout the video and while Devine politely declined to comment to

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to discuss his gaffe, he insisted that he had no hard feelings towards him. In July 2015, Devine took over as manager of AFC Darwen. After playing just one pre-season friendly, Devine resigned as manager. He has previously worked as Community Development Officer at

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

. 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 Benalmádena () is a town in Andalusia in southern Spain, 12 km west of Málaga, on the Costa del Sol between Torremolinos and Fuengirola. Benalmádena is rich in attractive beaches and interesting places like the Colomares Castle, the 33-met ...

called Devine's.

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* Footballers from Blackburn English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–1984) players Bristol City F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Lancaster City F.C. players Chorley F.C. players Morecambe F.C. players Clitheroe F.C. players Darwen F.C. managers English Football League players 1960 births Living people English expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada English expatriate men's footballers English football managers {{England-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub