Robert James Blake was born on 4 March 1976 and is an English former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of Bognor Regis Town.
22 Facts About Robbie Blake
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Robbie Blake began his career as a striker but was increasingly used as midfielder in the latter part of his career.
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Robbie Blake began his professional career with Darlington in 1994 and went on to make more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing for Bradford City, Nottingham Forest, Burnley, Birmingham City, Leeds United, Bolton Wanderers and Doncaster Rovers.
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Robbie Blake quickly settled into the Bradford side and he scored eight goals in his first full season, first under Chris Kamara and then Paul Jewell.
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Robbie Blake scored 16 goals as City won promotion to the Premiership.
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The next season at Valley Parade began much differently for Robbie Blake after being sent on loan to Division One side Nottingham Forest for two months, scoring st Barnsley.
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Robbie Blake signed a three-year contract with the Clarets but did not feature much in the remaining six months of the season due to a hernia injury.
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Robbie Blake made his debut for Birmingham in the FA Cup against Leeds United on 8 January 2005 as a second-half substitute.
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Robbie Blake was confident that he could push for a starting place at Birmingham saying:.
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Robbie Blake's hopes did not materialise, he went on to play just 11 games for the club and only scored two goals.
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Robbie Blake signed a three-year deal at Elland Road and commented that although moving to Leeds was stepping back a division he was looking forward to winning promotion with his new club;.
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Robbie Blake went on to make 31 starts for Leeds and finished the season with 11 goals.
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Robbie Blake was one of six strikers at Leeds and was not a first team regular until the second season when Dennis Wise was appointed manager following Kevin Blackwell's departure.
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Robbie Blake is a proven entertainer and one of the top strikers in the Championship and we know he is always going to score goals.
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Robbie Blake then scored the first goal of his second spell with the Clarets against in the League Cup game against Oldham Athletic.
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Robbie Blake came close to helping Burnley into the 2009 League Cup final by scoring one goal and making two more in the second leg of the side's semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur.
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Robbie Blake made only three appearances in his second season with only one of them in the league, on the opening day of the season.
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On 27 June 2012, it was announced that Robbie Blake had signed a one-year deal for Doncaster Rovers on a free transfer.
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On 2 November 2013, it was announced that Robbie Blake had signed for Team Northumbria who are in the Division One of the Northern League on a free transfer.
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In September 2015, Robbie Blake joined the backroom staff at Portsmouth as a coach.
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On 23 May 2018, it was announced that Robbie Blake had joined Bognor Regis Town as First Team Coach.
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Robbie Blake departed the club by mutual consent in November 2024 with the club sitting bottom of the Isthmian League Premier Division.