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Lloyd Blackman

{{short description|English footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lloyd Blackman

| image = Lloyd-Blackman.jpg

| caption = Blackman managing Ramsgate in January 2018

| fullname = Lloyd Jason Blackman{{Hugman|id=1680|accessdate=6 January 2018}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|9|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ashford, England

| height =

| currentclub = Folkestone Invicta (assistant manager)

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Crystal Palace

| youthclubs2 = Brentford

| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2002

| years1 = 2002–2004

| clubs1 = Brentford

| caps1 = 4

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2003

| clubs2 = → Scarborough (loan)

| caps2 = 6

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2003

| clubs3 = → Chelmsford City (loan)

| caps3 = 6

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2004

| clubs4 = → Cambridge City (loan)

| caps4 = 7

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2004–2005

| clubs5 = Farnborough Town

| caps5 = 26

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2005–2006

| clubs6 = Woking

| caps6 = 27

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2006

| clubs7 = Bishop's Stortford

| caps7 = 4

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2006

| clubs8 = Bromley

| caps8 = 9

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2006–2007

| clubs9 = Crawley Town

| caps9 = 18

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2007

| clubs10 = Llanelli

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2007–2008

| clubs11 = Welling United

| caps11 = 8

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2008

| clubs12 = Folkestone Invicta

| caps12 = 17

| goals12 = 3

| years13 = 2008–2009

| clubs13 = Maidstone United

| caps13 = 42

| goals13 = 12

| years14 = 2009–2010

| clubs14 = Margate

| caps14 = 34

| goals14 = 14

| years15 = 2010

| clubs15 = Carshalton Athletic

| caps15 = 8

| goals15 = 0

| years16 = 2010–2011

| clubs16 = Whitstable Town

| caps16 = 24

| goals16 = 6

| years17 = 2011

| clubs17 = Hythe Town

| caps17 = 9

| goals17 = 2

| years18 = 2011–2012

| clubs18 = Chatham Town

| caps18 = 23

| goals18 = 7

| years19 = 2012–2014

| clubs19 = Hythe Town

| caps19 = 13

| goals19 = 1

| years20 = 2014–2015

| clubs20 = Ashford United

| caps20 = 10

| goals20 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs1 = Ramsgate

| manageryears2 = 2019–2022

| managerclubs2 = Whitstable Town

}}

Lloyd Jason Blackman (born 24 September 1983) is an English retired semi-professional footballer who is assistant manager of {{English football updater|FolkestI}} club Folkestone Invicta. 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,{{Cite book |title=TW8: The Home Of Football – Brentford FC versus Bristol City |date=13 August 2002 |publisher=The Yellow Printing Company |location=Charlton, London |page=37}} where he began a scholarship in 2000.{{Cite book |last1=Croxford |first1=Mark |title=The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties |last2=Lane |first2=David |last3=Waterman |first3=Greville |publisher=Legends Publishing |year=2013 |isbn=9781906796723 |location=Sunbury, Middlesex |page=323}} He progressed to sign his first professional contract in 2002.{{Cite web |title=Taylor And Quin's "Babes" Sign Up |url=http://world.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~228564,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216204500/http://world.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~228564,00.html |archive-date=16 February 2018 |access-date=16 February 2018 |website=brentfordfc.co.uk}} 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.{{Soccerbase season|id=32259|season=2002|accessdate=6 January 2018}} After signing a new one-year contract in May 2003,{{Cite web |title=Bees parting with Rowlands, Constantine and Ekoku |url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/6248866.Bees_parting_with_Rowlands__Constantine_and_Ekoku/ |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=This Is Local London |date=9 May 2003 |language=en}} 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.{{Soccerbase season|id=32259|season=2003|accessdate=6 January 2018}}{{Cite news |date=19 September 2003 |title=Scarborough sign Blackman |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/scarborough/3116086.stm |access-date=6 January 2018}}{{Cite news |date=2 December 2003 |title=Downes welcomes competition |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/3257186.stm |access-date=6 January 2018}}{{Cite news |date=25 March 2004 |title=Bees duo join Farnborough |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/farnborough/3567437.stm |access-date=6 January 2018}} He was released in late April 2004,{{Cite news |date=28 April 2004 |title=Allen continues clearout |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/3665411.stm |access-date=6 January 2018}} after having made just five appearances during two seasons as a professional at Griffin Park.{{Soccerbase|id=32259}}

= Non-League football =

In 2004, Blackman embarked on a career in non-League football.{{Cite web |last=Trice |first=Jeff |title=Lloyd Blackman |url=https://www.margatefootballclubhistory.com/players-profile/?profile=108&player=Lloyd_Blackman |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=www.margatefootballclubhistory.com}} Between 2004 and 2015, he played in the Conference, Isthmian League, Southern League and Southern Counties East League for 15 clubs.

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.{{Cite web |title=NG XI face Italian job |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/NationalGameXI/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/10/NGXI_face_Italian_job.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708232903/http://www.thefa.com/England/NationalGameXI/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2004/10/NGXI_face_Italian_job.htm |archive-date=8 July 2008 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=TheFA.com}} He was not named in the final 16-man squad.{{Cite web |title=Cavanagh and Craney make the cut |url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5811050.Cavanagh_and_Craney_make_the_cut/ |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=Lancashire Telegraph|date=4 November 2004 }}

Managerial and coaching career

Between 2012 and 2015, Blackman held the role of first team coach at Hythe Town and Ashford United respectively.{{Cite web |title=Lloyd Blackman Returns To Fill Coaching Role |url=https://www.hythetownfc.co.uk/history/club-news/lloyd-blackman-returns-to-fill-coaching-role/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107175010/https://www.hythetownfc.co.uk/history/club-news/lloyd-blackman-returns-to-fill-coaching-role/ |archive-date=7 January 2018 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=Hythe Town FC |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=5 June 2014 |title=Blackman Joins United |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/kentish-express-ashford-district/20140605/283115657011068 |access-date=3 May 2022 |publisher=Kentish Express Ashford & District}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Lloyd Blackman appointed First Team Coach |url=http://www.ramsgate-fc.co.uk/news/lloyd-blackman-appointed-first-team-coach-1541647.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825180341/http://www.ramsgate-fc.co.uk/news/lloyd-blackman-appointed-first-team-coach-1541647.html |archive-date=25 August 2018 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=Ramsgate Football Club |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Hard work and preparation is the foundation for success, says Ramsgate boss Lloyd Blackman |url=https://kentishfootball.co.uk/news/ramsgate160417 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=Kentish Football}} He stayed in the role until resigning in December 2018.{{Cite web |date=11 December 2018 |title=Why I had to go |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/sport/why-i-had-to-go-195115/ |access-date=1 January 2019 |website=Kent Online |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |date=17 April 2019 |title=Management Changes At Whitstable Town |url=https://www.whitstabletownfc.co.uk/management-changes-at-whitstable-town/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508040438/https://www.whitstabletownfc.co.uk/management-changes-at-whitstable-town/ |archive-date=8 May 2021 |access-date=17 April 2019 |website=Whitstable Town FC |language=en-GB}} He presided over two abandoned seasons and departed in September 2021.{{Cite web |date=23 September 2021 |title=Blackman quits Town |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/whitstable/sport/blackman-quits-town-254492/ |access-date=1 February 2022 |website=Kent Online |language=en}} One month later, he joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Margate as assistant manager.{{Cite web |date=18 October 2021 |title=Blackman named Gate assistant boss |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/sport/blackman-named-gate-assistant-boss-255876/ |access-date=1 February 2022 |website=Kent Online |language=en}} In May 2022, Blackman followed former Margate manager Jay Saunders to National League South club Tonbridge Angels.{{cite web |date=13 May 2022 |title=Club News : Lloyd Blackman Joins Tonbridge Angels |url=https://www.margate-fc.co.uk/news/13-may-2022/Lloyd-Blackman-Joins-Tonbridge-Angels |website=www.margate-fc.co.uk |accessdate=18 June 2022}} On 31 March 2025, Blackman followed Saunders to Isthmian League Premier Division club Folkestone Invicta.{{Cite web |title=Club Statement: Jay Saunders |url=https://folkestoneinvictafc.co.uk/2025/03/club-statement-jay-saunders/ |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=folkestoneinvictafc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}

Career statistics

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  • Cup appearances.
  • Hythe Town second spell|date=May 2022}}

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|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Europe

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="3" |Brentford

|2002–03

|Second Division

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|1

|0

2003–04

|Second Division

|3

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|4

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!4

!0

!0

!0

!1

!0

! colspan="2" |—

!0

!0

!5

!0

Scarborough (loan)

|2003–04

|Conference

|6

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|12 appearances in Football League Trophy, 2 appearances in FA Trophy

|0

|6

|0

Chelmsford City (loan)

|2003–04{{Cite web |title=Player Details: Season 2003–2004 |url=http://soccerfactsuk.co.uk/s2003/player_details.php?playerid=8723 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=SoccerFacts UK}}

|Southern League Premier Division

|6

|4

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|6

|4

Cambridge City (loan)

|2003–04{{Cite web |title=Goals and Games 03/04 |url=http://www.cambridgecityfc.com/afolder/App_and_Goalscorers03_04.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730170618/http://www.cambridgecityfc.com/afolder/App_and_Goalscorers03_04.shtml |archive-date=30 July 2018 |access-date=30 July 2018 |website=www.cambridgecityfc.com}}

|Southern League Premier Division

|7

|1

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|7

|1

Farnborough Town

|2004–05{{Cite web |title=Player Details: Season 2004–2005 |url=http://soccerfactsuk.co.uk/s2004/player_details.php?playerid=8723 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=SoccerFacts UK}}

|Conference Premier

|26

|5

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|26

|5

Woking

|2005–06{{Cite web |title=Player Details: Season 2005–2006 |url=http://soccerfactsuk.co.uk/s2005/player_details.php?playerid=8723 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=SoccerFacts UK}}

|Conference Premier

|27

|0

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|4

|1

|33

|1

Bishop's Stortford

|2006–07{{Cite web |title=Player Details: Season 2006–2007 |url=http://soccerfactsuk.co.uk/s2006/player_details.php?playerid=8723 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=SoccerFacts UK}}

|Conference South

|4

|1

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|4

|1

Bromley

|2006–07{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Blackman Lloyd |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=130344&LeagueCode=ISTH2006 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=football.mitoo}}

|Isthmian League Premier Division

|9

|1

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|1Appearance in Isthmian League Cup

|0

|11

|1

Crawley Town

|2006–07{{Cite web |title=2006/2007: Full season stats |url=https://www.ctfchistory.co.uk/stats/2006_2007.html |access-date=4 June 2025 |website=CTFC History}}

|Conference Premier

|18

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|18

|0

Llanelli

|2007–08{{Cite web |title=UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007 – Match Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uic07det.html |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=RSSSF}}

|Welsh Premier League

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|1Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|1

|0

Welling United

|2007–08{{Cite web |title=Blue Square Conference South guide – Welling Utd |url=http://www.confsouth.co.uk:80/wellingutd.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509085628/http://www.confsouth.co.uk/wellingutd.htm |archive-date=9 May 2008 |access-date=6 January 2018}}

|Conference South

|8

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|8

|0

Folkestone Invicta

|2007–08{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Blackman Lloyd Jason |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=193228&LeagueCode=ISTH2007 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=football.mitoo}}

|Isthmian League Premier Division

|17

|3

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|17

|3

Maidstone United

|2008–09{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Blackman Lloyd |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=207118&LeagueCode=ISTH2008 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=football.mitoo}}

|Isthmian League Premier Division

|42

|12

|4

|1

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|43 appearances in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Isthmian League Cup

|0

|50

|13

Margate

|2009–10{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Blackman Lloyd |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=501198&LeagueCode=ISTH2009 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=football.mitoo}}

|Isthmian League Premier Division

|34

|14

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|1

|0

|37

|14

Carshalton Athletic

|2010–11{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Blackman Lloyd |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=790505&LeagueCode=ISTH2010 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=football.mitoo}}

|Isthmian League Premier Division

|8

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|1

|0

|9

|0

Whitstable Town

|2010–11

|Isthmian League First Division South

|24

|6

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|24

|6

Hythe Town

|2011–12{{Cite web |title=All Competitions : Player's Appearances – Blackman Lloyd |url=http://football.mitoo.co.uk/PlayersHistory2.cfm?PI=1100649&LeagueCode=ISTH2011 |access-date=6 January 2018 |website=football.mitoo}}

|Isthmian League First Division South

|9

|2

|3

|2

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|21 appearance in FA Trophy, 1 appearance in Isthmian League Cup

|0

|14

|2

Chatham Town

|2011–12

|Isthmian League First Division North

|23

|7

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|1Appearance in Kent Senior Cup

|1

|24

|8

rowspan="3" |Hythe Town

|2012–13

|Isthmian League First Division South

|4

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|4

|0

2013–14

|Isthmian League First Division South

|9

|1

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|9

|1

colspan="2" |Total

!22

!3

!3

!2

! colspan="2" |—

! colspan="2" |—

!2

!0

!27

!5

rowspan="3" |Ashford United

|2014–15{{Cite web |title=Lloyd Blackman Player Profile |url=http://www.nutsandboltsarchive.co.uk/player-Profile.php?ID=77 |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=Nuts and Bolts Archive}}

|Southern Counties East League

|10

|3

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|11

|3

2015–16

|Southern Counties East League

|0

|0

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|1

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!10

!0

!2

!0

! colspan="2" |—

! colspan="2" |—

!0

!0

!12

!0

colspan="3" |Career total

!295

!60

!14

!3

!1

!0

!1

!0

!15

!1

!326

!64

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References

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External links

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