Lloyd Jason Blackman (born 24 September 1983) is an English retired semi-professional

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who is assistant manager of

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. As a player, he played as a

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in the

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for

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and after his release in 2004, he embarked on a nomadic career in

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. He began

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while still a player and managed

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and Whitstable Town.

Career

Brentford

, Blackman began his career in the

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and later moved to

, where he began a scholarship in 2000. He progressed to sign his first professional contract in 2002. He made his first team debut with a start in a 5–1

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defeat to

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on 28 September 2002, which proved to be his only appearance of the 2002–03 season. After signing a new one-year contract in May 2003, Blackman made just four appearances during 2003–04 and spent much of the season away on

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clubs Scarborough,

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and Cambridge City. He was released in late April 2004, after having made just five appearances during two seasons as a professional at

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Non-League football

In 2004, Blackman embarked on a career in non-League football. Between 2004 and 2015, he played in the

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, Southern League and Southern Counties East League for 15 clubs.

International career

In October 2004, Blackman was named in manager

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's initial 30-man

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squad for a match versus

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on 10 November 2004. He was not named in the final 16-man squad.

Managerial and coaching career

Between 2012 and 2015, Blackman held the role of first team

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at Hythe Town and Ashford United respectively. He moved to Isthmian League First Division South club

as first team coach in December 2015 and was promoted to manager in January 2017. He stayed in the role until resigning in December 2018. 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. He presided over two abandoned seasons and departed in September 2021. One month later, he joined Isthmian League Premier Division club

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as assistant manager. In May 2022, Blackman followed former Margate manager Jay Saunders to

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club

Career statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blackman, Lloyd 1983 births Living people English men's footballers Crystal Palace F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Scarborough F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players Cambridge City F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Woking F.C. players Crawley Town F.C. players Llanelli Town A.F.C. players Maidstone United F.C. players Margate F.C. players Whitstable Town F.C. players Hythe Town F.C. players Chatham Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Bishop's Stortford F.C. players Bromley F.C. players Welling United F.C. players Folkestone Invicta F.C. players Carshalton Athletic F.C. players Ashford United F.C. players Ramsgate F.C. managers Isthmian League managers English football managers Isthmian League players Southern Football League players Men's association football forwards Association football coaches People from Ashford, Surrey