Lloyd Blackman

This article is about the English footballer. For the Canadian violinist, conductor, and composer, see Lloyd Blackman (musician).

Lloyd Blackman
Blackman managing Ramsgate in January 2018
Personal information
Full name Lloyd Jason Blackman[1]
Date of birth (1983-09-24) 24 September 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Ashford, England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Tonbridge Angels (assistant manager)
Youth career
Crystal Palace
–2002 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Brentford 4 (0)
2003 → Scarborough (loan) 6 (0)
2003 → Chelmsford City (loan) 6 (4)
2004 → Cambridge City (loan) 7 (1)
2004–2005 Farnborough Town 26 (5)
2005–2006 Woking 27 (0)
2006 Bishop's Stortford 4 (1)
2006 Bromley 9 (1)
2006–2007 Crawley Town 14 (0)
2007 Llanelli 0 (0)
2007–2008 Welling United 8 (0)
2008 Folkestone Invicta 17 (3)
2008–2009 Maidstone United 42 (12)
2009–2010 Margate 34 (14)
2010 Carshalton Athletic 8 (0)
2010–2011 Whitstable Town 24 (6)
2011 Hythe Town 9 (2)
2011–2012 Chatham Town 23 (7)
2012–2014 Hythe Town 13 (1)
2014–2015 Ashford United 10 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Ramsgate
2019–2022 Whitstable Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lloyd Jason Blackman (born 24 September 1983) is an English retired semi-professional footballer who is assistant manager of Tonbridge Angels. As a player, he played as a forward in the Football League for Brentford and after his release in 2004, he embarked on a nomadic career in non-League football. He began coaching while still a player and managed Ramsgate and Whitstable Town.

Career

Brentford

A forward, Blackman began his career in the youth system at Crystal Palace and later moved to Brentford,[2] where he began a scholarship in 2000.[3] He progressed to sign his first professional contract in 2002.[4] He made his first team debut with a start in a 5–1 Second Division defeat to Peterborough United on 28 September 2002, which proved to be his only appearance of the 2002–03 season.[5] After signing a new one-year contract in May 2003,[6] Blackman made just four appearances during 2003–04 and spent much of the season away on loan at non-League clubs Scarborough, Chelmsford City and Cambridge City.[7][8][9][10] He was released in late April 2004,[11] after having made just five appearances during two seasons as a professional at Griffin Park.[12]

Non-League football

In 2004, Blackman embarked on a career in non-League football.[13] Between 2004 and 2015, he played in the Conference, Isthmian League, Southern League and Southern Counties East League for 15 clubs.[13]

International career

In October 2004, Blackman was named in manager Paul Fairclough's initial 30-man England National Game XI squad for a match versus Serie C on 10 November 2004.[14] He was not named in the final 16-man squad.[15]

Managerial and coaching career

Between 2012 and 2015, Blackman held the role of first team coach at Hythe Town and Ashford United respectively.[16][17] He moved to Isthmian League First Division South club Ramsgate as first team coach in December 2015 and was promoted to manager in January 2017.[18][19] He stayed in the role until resigning in December 2018.[20] On 17 April 2019, it was announced that Blackman would take up the role of manager at Isthmian League South East Division club Whitstable Town from the beginning of the 2019–20 season.[21] He presided over two abandoned seasons and departed in September 2021.[22] One month later, he joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Margate as assistant manager.[23] In May 2022, Blackman followed former Margate manager Jay Saunders to National League South club Tonbridge Angels.[24]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 2002–03[5] Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
2003–04[7] 3 0 0 0 1 0 — — 4 0
Total 4 0 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 5 0
Scarborough (loan) 2003–04[7] Conference 6 0 — — — 1[a] 0 6 0
Chelmsford City (loan) 2003–04[25] Southern League Premier Division 6 4 — — — — 6 4
Cambridge City (loan) 2003–04[26] Southern League Premier Division 7 1 — — — — 7 1
Farnborough Town 2004–05[27] Conference Premier 26 5 0 0 — — 0 0 26 5
Woking 2005–06[28] Conference Premier 27 0 2 0 — — 4[a] 1 33 1
Bishop's Stortford 2006–07[29] Conference South 4 1 0 0 — — 0 0 4 1
Bromley 2006–07[30] Isthmian League Premier Division 9 1 1 0 — — 1[b] 0 11 1
Crawley Town 2006–07[29] Conference Premier 14 0 — — — — 14 0
Llanelli 2007–08[31] Welsh Premier League — — — 1[c] 0 — 1 0
Welling United 2007–08[32] Conference South 8 0 0 0 — — 0 0 8 0
Folkestone Invicta 2007–08[33] Isthmian League Premier Division 17 3 — — — — 17 3
Maidstone United 2008–09[34] Isthmian League Premier Division 42 12 4 1 — — 4[d] 0 50 13
Margate 2009–10[35] Isthmian League Premier Division 34 14 2 0 — — 1[b] 0 37 14
Carshalton Athletic 2010–11[36] Isthmian League Premier Division 8 0 0 0 — — 1[b] 0 9 0
Whitstable Town 2010–11[36] Isthmian League First Division South 24 6 — — — — 24 6
Hythe Town 2011–12[37] Isthmian League First Division South 9 2 3 2 — — 2[e] 0 14 2
Chatham Town 2011–12[37] Isthmian League First Division North 23 7 — — — 1[f] 1 24 8
Hythe Town 2012–13[13] Isthmian League First Division South 4 0 0 0 — — 0 0 4 0
2013–14[13] 9 1 0 0 — — 0 0 9 1
Total 22 3 3 2 — — 2 0 27 5
Ashford United 2014–15[38] Southern Counties East League 10 3 1 0 — — 0 0 11 3
2015–16[38] 0 0 1 0 — — 0 0 1 0
Total 10 0 2 0 — — 0 0 12 0
Career total 291 60 14 3 1 0 1 0 15 1 322 64
  1. ^ a b 2 appearances in Football League Trophy, 2 appearances in FA Trophy
  2. ^ a b c Appearance in Isthmian League Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  4. ^ 3 appearances in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Isthmian League Cup
  5. ^ 1 appearance in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Isthmian League Cup
  6. ^ Appearance in Kent Senior Cup

References

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  2. ^ TW8: The Home Of Football – Brentford FC versus Bristol City. Charlton, London: The Yellow Printing Company. 13 August 2002. p. 37.
  3. ^ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 323. ISBN 9781906796723.
  4. ^ "Taylor And Quin's "Babes" Sign Up". brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
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  6. ^ "Bees parting with Rowlands, Constantine and Ekoku". This Is Local London. 9 May 2003. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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  9. ^ "Downes welcomes competition". 2 December 2003. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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  14. ^ "NG XI face Italian job". TheFA.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Cavanagh and Craney make the cut". Lancashire Telegraph. 4 November 2004. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Lloyd Blackman Returns To Fill Coaching Role". Hythe Town FC. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Blackman Joins United". Kentish Express Ashford & District. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Lloyd Blackman appointed First Team Coach". Ramsgate Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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  20. ^ "Why I had to go". Kent Online. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  21. ^ "Management Changes At Whitstable Town". Whitstable Town FC. 17 April 2019. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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  23. ^ "Blackman named Gate assistant boss". Kent Online. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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