Apparently the boots "offer ultra-soft ball feel for spraying passes, deft flicks, controlling difficult balls and elaborate touches".

Add crashing home outrageous free kicks, and that just about summed up Blake's display at Accrington Stanley.

Having revealed earlier this month that he had shed eight pounds to get down to his fighting weight ahead of the season, the 32-year-old looks as sharp as ever, and remains integral to Burnley and the way they play.

Albeit against decidedly ordinary League 2 opposition, Blake was worth the admission alone, continuing his impressive pre-season form.

He won the free kick which Joey Gudjonsson slammed home for the opener three minutes after the break, before ostentatiously beating Kenny Arthur with a howitzer from 30 yards.

And although most Clarets fans went away singing the praises of substitute Besart Berisha after his slaloming run ended with a glorious third – a fabulous moment – who took two players out of the game with a delicious turn before effortlessly spraying the ball out to the left for the Albanian?

You've guessed it, Blake.

The Clarets dominated pretty much from the off against their neighbours, with Wade Elliott lashing the ball against the far post after being found by a delightful pass from Remco van der Schaaf, starting his first game for the club and showing full well why Owen Coyle was so eager to sign him, spraying the ball about for fun and protecting the back four with his aerial dominance.

Burnley controlled possession, without any more clear-cut openings in the remainder of the first half, although there was a brief scare when Diego Penny fumbled the ball and allowed lively on-loan Blackburn striker Jamie Clark to round him, only for Graham Alexander to clear the cross.

Shortly after the restart, Burnley deservedly went in front when Blake had his ankles clipped by Ian Craney, and Gudjonsson thumped the free kick into the top corner, despite Arthur getting two hands to the ball.
Then came Blake's moment of genius. Despite the angle being against him, he managed to beat Arthur with pace and accuracy with a quite stunning strike.

The closest Stanley came to snatching a goal came when substitute Stephen Jordan, who put in a fine shift, slashed at a cross and forced Brian Jensen into a scrambling save, before hacking the loose ball clear himself.

Burnley wrapped up a third successive pre-season win when Blake's gossamer touch created space, and he instintively picked out Berisha, who waltzed through the Stanley defence, beating three men on the way – the last with a drop of the shoulder that sent half the crowd the wrong way – before blasting the ball beyond Ian Dunbavin to release a year of pent-up frustration after his cruciate knee ligament injury.