Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lloyd Jason Blackman[1] | ||
Date of birth | 24 September 1983 | ||
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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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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 |