Football Black List : These 3 Premier League stars have been included in the shortlist

Football Black List – the only initiative which honors the talent of Black footballers around the world has shortlisted several acquaintances from the English Premier League. The Black List not only highlights the players but also those who work behind the scenes from technical to a commercial aspect.

Arsenal star Bukayo Saka, Chelsea forward Raheem Sterling and Manchester United number 10 Marcus Rashford are the 3 Premier league players who have been nominated while EPL’s only Black manager Patrick Viera has been nominated for the Coach section.

Burnley’s manager Vincent Kompany, who are playing in the 2nd division has also been included alongside the Crystal Palace head coach. Brentford FC’s non-executive director Deji Davies who is Premier League’s only Black board member and Queen Park Rangers’ Les Ferdinand has also been shortlisted.

The Football Black List is majorly dissected into 8 different categories. It includes Administration, Coaching and management, commercial, community, players, LGBTQ+ alongside media and practitioners. It also honors the U-30 talented players which goes by the name Ugo Ehiogu’s Ones To Watch list.

Leo Mann MBE, Co-Founder of this outstanding initiative spoke upon the list – “We are delighted to be sharing another incredible and inspirational Football Black List. Black excellence shines so brightly in the game and this list underlines that. I am particularly proud to see the list now feature board members, and managers at the top of the game but clearly we still have a long way to go to see better representation in football.”

Below is the entire list of the Football Black List Shortlist –

Players

Andre Gray, Aris and Jamaica

Bukayo Saka, Arsenal FC and England

Charlotte Lynch, Leyton Orient Women

Marcus Rashford, Manchester United and England

Raheem Sterling, Chelsea FC and England

Administration

Deji Davies, The FA

Jobi McAnuff, The FA

Les Ferdinand, QPR

Maheta Molango, PFA

Sarah Gregorius, FIFPRO

Coaching and Management

Aubrey Rogers, Liverpool FC

Danetta Powell, Birmingham City FC

Patrick Vieira, Crystal Palace FC

Paul Nevin, West Ham United and England

Vincent Kompany, Burnley FC

Commercial

Akinola Fashola, West Ham United FC

Akua Agyemfra, Merky and The Balley Consultancy

Freda Ayisi, Content Creator

Liseli Sitali, Sky Sports

Sofia Thomas, Juno Sports Tax

Community and Grassroots

Andrew Lovelace, Watford Ladies FC

Habib Olorukoba-Oseni, Cray Wanderers and Welling United Deaf FC

Kerry Phillips, Saving Souls FC

Simon Hyacinth, FURD

Trisha Lewis, Romance FC

LGBTQ+

Dr. Michael Seeraj, Charlton Athletic Community Trust

Lianne Sanderson, talkSPORT

Media

Carl Anka, The Athletic

Fatou Jeng, BT Sport

Jemma Archer, Whisper Productions

Pippa Monique, The Football Mum Podcast

Nelson Kumah, BBC Sport

Practitioners

Ciaran Baxendale, Football Beyond Borders

Iffy Onoura, Premier League

Lauren Impey, PGMOL

Michael Hamilton, AFC Wimbledon

Dr. Paul Campbell, University of Leicester

Ugo Ehiogu’s Ones To Watch

Cordell Lake-Benjamin, Palace for Life Foundation

Debra Nelson, Football Beyond Borders

J’nae Ward, Refresh Sport Consultancy and Productions

Siham Abdullahi, Buzz 16

Tyra Mills, Kinetic Foundation