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Chloe Morgan and Jade Morgan, both Vikki Orvice Memorial Directorship Scheme recipients with Women in Football, join other outstanding candidates to be nominated for the Football Black List 2020.

The Football Black List is an initiative celebrating the most influential Black people in the British game. 

Crystal Palace women’s goalkeeper, Chloe joins Manchester United and England star Marcus Rashford in the Cyrille Regis Players section of the list for her tireless efforts to raise awareness of both Black representation and LGBT+ inclusion in the women’s game.

Jade, General Manager at Leicester City Women, joins Edleen John, who sits on The FA’s leadership team, Aston Villa women sporting director, Eniola Aluko and QPR director of football, Les Ferdinand in the senior administration section.

 

The list also celebrates Football v Homophobia Education Lead, Annette Nelson, who becomes the first recipient of a new LGBT+ Award.

Faïna Msellem, Co-founder of Lived Equity and Sports Industry Advisory Board Member at Birkbeck University, has been nominated in the Commercial section, while Jess Creighton, a Sports Reporter with Sky Sports and Charlene Gravesande, Special Projects Journalist also at Sky, are up for honours in the Media category.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Cyrille Regis Players:

Chloe Morgan, Crystal Palace Women
Marcus Rashford MBE, Manchester United and England
Troy Deeney, Watford FC
Tyrone Mings, Aston Villa and England
Wilfried Zaha, Crystal Palace and Ivory Coast

Administration:

Edleen John, Director of International Relations, Corporate Affairs and Diversity – The FA
Eniola Aluko, Sporting Director – Aston Villa FC Women
Jade Morgan, General Manager – Leicester City Women
Les Ferdinand MBE, Director of Football – Queens Park Rangers
Marie Gabriel CBE, Chairperson – West Ham United Foundation

Coaching and Management:

Alex Dyer, Manager – Kilmarnock FC
Ashley Bosah & Cornelius Nwadialor, Joint Managers – Tooting & Mitcham FC
Jason Euell, Under 23 Head Coach – Charlton Athletic FC
Karleigh Osborne, Women’s Head Coach – Brentford FC
Tony Whelan, Assistant Academy Director – Manchester United

Commercial:

Ashanti George-Faure, Senior Talent Manager – Refresh Sports
Faïna Msellem – Co-founder of Lived Equity and Sports Industry Advisory Board Member at Birkbeck University
Marvin Morgan, Founder – Fresh Ego Kid
Nathan Thompson, Commercial Director – West Ham United
Warren Haughton, Director, Haughton Consultancy

Community and Grassroots:

Diane Sawyers, Operations Manager – Holford Drive Community Sports Hub
Duke Harrison-Hunter, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer – Pompey in the Community
Emma Trent, Head of Programmes – Notts County Football in the Community
Harold Bennett, Founder – North London United
Dr. Michael Seeraj, Head of Equality Diversity & Inclusion – Charlton Athletic FC

LGBT+:

Annette Nelson, Education Lead – Football v Homophobia

Media:

Carl Anka, Football Reporter – The Athletic
Charlene Gravesande, Special Projects Journalist – Sky Sports
Hugh Woozencroft, Sports Broadcaster – talkSPORT
Jessica Creighton, Sports Reporter – Sky Sports
Micah Richards, Freelance Broadcaster

Practitioners:

Hayley Bennett, Founder – WeAreNutmegs
Jason Lee, Equalities Education Executive – PFA
Marvin Robinson, CEO – Peterborough United Foundation
Dr. Matt Ogunsanya, Club Doctor – Watford FC
Sam Allison, National Group Referee – PGMOL

Good luck to each and every inpsirational nomination.

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