Robbie Blake

In September 2015, Blake joined the backroom staff at Portsmouth as a coach. On 23 May 2018, it was announced that Blake had joined Bognor Regis Town as First Team Coach. He departed the club by mutual consent in November 2024 with the club sitting bottom of the Isthmian League Premier Division. Blake has joined the coaching staff at Weymouth FC for the 2025/26 season. On 20 February 2026, Blake was made caretaker manager of National League South club Eastbourne Borough following the departure of Tommy Widdrington, where Blake had been acting as first-team coach.

Darlington

Born in Middlesbrough, England, Blake began his professional football career at Division Three side Darlington in the 1994–95 season after signing on from the youth academy. He spent the first few seasons of his career playing at Feethams, and also was loaned out to Waterford United during the 1995–96 season, making some 68 league appearances and scoring 21 goals before the club received an offer, from then Division One side, Bradford City in March 1997. Bradford made a £300,000 offer for the player which Darlington accepted.

Bradford City

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. He was sent off in the final game of the 1997–98 season against Portsmouth meaning he was suspended for the start of the following season. But he forced his way back into the team and scored in his first game back in a 2–2 draw with Sheffield United. He and new signing Lee Mills forged a lethal partnership in attack sharing 40 goals. Blake scored 16 goals as City won promotion to the Premiership. Blake scored the winning goal in the final game against Wolverhampton Wanderers of the 1998–99 season to see his side finish the season as league runners-up. However the following season was harder for Blake and he struggled to make an impact in the Premiership, starting just 15 games for Bradford, with a further 12 played as a substitute. The next season at Valley Parade began…

As a player

Bradford City

Football League First Division second-place promotion: 1998–99 Leeds United

Football League Championship play-off runner up: 2005–06 Burnley

Football League Championship play-offs: 2008–09

As a manager

Bognor Regis Town

Sussex Senior Challenge Cup runner-up: 2022-23