Blake started out as a trainee at
Aston Villa, where he played a total of 31 games, scoring two goals. He had a brief loan spell at
Wolverhampton Wanderers during early 1991, before leaving Villa for
Portsmouth in August 1993 for £400,000. He played just 15 games for Portsmouth before he returned to the Midlands less than eight months later when
Leicester City paid £360,000 for him in March 1994 on transfer deadline day, two months before they won promotion to the
Premier League. He made 47 appearances for Leicester in two years before he dropped through the leagues to join
Walsall. He spent two seasons at Walsall before his contract expired and he signed for
Mansfield Town in August 1999. After two seasons and 83 league games he made his final move to
Kidderminster Harriers. ==References==