Lloyd Blackman

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Lloyd Blackman
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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
0000–2002 Brentford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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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
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 2002–03 [5] Second Division 100000—0010
2003–04 [7] 300010——40
Total400010—0050
Scarborough (loan) 2003–04 [7] Conference 60———1 [a] 060
Chelmsford City (loan) 2003–04 [25] Southern League Premier Division64————64
Cambridge City (loan)2003–04 [26] Southern League Premier Division71————71
Farnborough Town 2004–05 [27] Conference Premier26500——00265
Woking 2005–06 [28] Conference Premier27020——4 [a] 1331
Bishop's Stortford 2006–07 [29] Conference South 4100——0041
Bromley 2006–07 [30] Isthmian League Premier Division9110——1 [b] 0111
Crawley Town 2006–07 [29] Conference Premier140————140
Llanelli 2007–08 [31] Welsh Premier League ———1 [c] 0—10
Welling United 2007–08 [32] Conference South8000——0080
Folkestone Invicta 2007–08 [33] Isthmian League Premier Division173————173
Maidstone United 2008–09 [34] Isthmian League Premier Division421241——4 [d] 05013
Margate 2009–10 [35] Isthmian League Premier Division341420——1 [b] 03714
Carshalton Athletic 2010–11 [36] Isthmian League Premier Division8000——1 [b] 090
Whitstable Town 2010–11 [36] Isthmian League First Division South246————246
Hythe Town 2011–12 [37] Isthmian League First Division South9232——2 [e] 0142
Chatham Town 2011–12 [37] Isthmian League First Division North237———1 [f] 1248
Hythe Town 2012–13 [13] Isthmian League First Division South4000——0040
2013–14 [13] 9100——0091
Total22332——20275
Ashford United 2014–15 [38] Southern Counties East League 10310——00113
2015–16 [38] 0010——0010
Total10020——00120
Career total29160143101015132264
  1. 1 2 2 appearances in Football League Trophy, 2 appearances in FA Trophy
  2. 1 2 3 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

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