Noel Blake
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Noel Blake (born January 12, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a retired footballer. Throughout his career he has played for Aston Villa, Shrewsbury Town, Birmingham City, Portsmouth, Leeds United, Stoke City, Bradford City, Dundee, and Exeter City.
He became Exeter's player-manager in 2000, but left in 2001. He was the successful manager of the youth team at Stoke City
In February 2007, he was appointed as FA National Coach, as part the Coaching staff with talented young English players in the Youth teams. Initially Blake will be Assistant Coach of the U16 and U19 teams. The delivery of coach education will also be a major aspect of his role and he will be assisting with the delivery of the UEFA A Licence, UEFA Pro-Licence and Youth Coaches Course from the age of 17 through to 21.
He is the only black person to be running an FA coaching course, an issue that has been cited as an example of the racial inequality in football coaching as a whole.[1]
| Preceded by Neil Webb |
Portsmouth F.C. Fans' Player of the Year 1986 and 1987 |
Succeeded by Barry Horne |
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