Noel Blake
96 Appearances
Personal Information
Full NameNoel Lloyd George Blake
Date of Birth12 January 1962
Place of BirthKingston, Jamacia
Nationality Jamaican
Height 6'00"
Career Information
PositionDefender
Signed FromAston Villa - 55,000 - September 1982
Previous ClubsAston Villa, Shrewsbury Town
Blues Debut18-09-82 - Coventry City (H)
Sold To :Portsmouth - 150,000 - August 1984
Also Played For :Portsmouth, Leeds, Stoke, Bradford, Exeter
International CapsNone
Playing Career
Club Appearances Goals Goals per game
Blues 96 5 0.05
Other Clubs 449 (3) 29 0.06
Blues Career
Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1982/83 373 30 40 00 443
1983/84 392 50 80 00 522
Total 765 80 120 00 965
Comments
Powerful center half Noel Blake was born in Jamaica in January 1962. He came over to England as a youngster and after leaving school joined Sutton Coldfield Town. He signed for Walsall in 1978 and became a pro at Aston Villa the follwing year. A loan spell at Shrewsbury proceeded his transfer to St.andrews in Spetember 1982 for 55,000 and over the next two years Blake scored five goals in 96 appearances. He left the club for Portsmouth in August 1984 for 150,000 and four years later he moved to Leeds United for 175,000. He spent three seasons with Stoke City and after a loan spell with Bradford City he joined Dundee. He later went on to manage Exeter City.
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