Here’s a side of Nick Blackman that you probably never knew. The Maccabi attacker who arrived this summer from English side Derby County, received an award from the Football Black List organization in London for his project this past summer for the island nation of Barbados.
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The Football Black List began operation in 2009 with the goal celebrating the contributions to the sport of football by people from African and Caribbean backgrounds. The organization recognizes the inspiration and example provided by the players and their actions off the pitch and in the community.
Blackman won the “Players Off The Pitch Award” thanks to his charity project from this past summer. Blackman described what he did this past offseason: “My father’s family comes from Barbados and every summer at the end of the season I usually go there on vacation. Over the past number of years I have met many people and have made many friends and we play football together. There are many people in Barbados who do not have jerseys or shoes to wear, so I decided to put together a project where game used jerseys could be donated (#nickskitcollection) at the Derby County Stadium.”
“Amazingly we received over 400 jerseys from all across England,” Blackman added. “I then went to Barbados and I brought the kits primarily to the children from the poorer areas of the Island. It was an amazing experience.”
