Next week Wembley Stadium will host the third Black List. It was devised by Leon Mann, an occasional contributor to Empower-Sport Magazine, and Rodney Hinds of the Voice. While some oppose the concept, we welcome it. Black contributions to football have been marginalised and ignored for far too long. The Black List helps to redress that and open a much needed debate on important contributions to football and society.

This year the memory of Keith Alexander will be honoured. A special and well deserved award will be presented to his family. We will be attending and supporting the event as usual. It should continue the debate on black contributions to football. Of course we have some nominees of our own who have not made the list so far. We will nominate them next year.

The list recognizes key figures including coaches and managers in the professional and amateur game, members of the media, key administrators in football and people active in the community.

We congratulate the nominees:

Media
Greg Gobere (News of the World)
Mike Wedderburn (Sky Sports News)
Sean Fletcher (BBC World News presenter)
Damian Johnson (BBC Sport reporter)
Keme Nzerem (Channel 4 World Cup reporter)
Darren Lewis (Mirror journalist/Sky Sports News pundit)
Rodney Hinds (The Voice newspaper)
Andy Ansah (Presenter, Rooney Street Soccer)
Mark Bright (BBC Sport)
Ian Wright (The Sun columnist)
Garth Crooks (BBC Sport)
Stan Collymore (TalkSport)
Hepburn Harrison-Graham (BBC Radio 5 Live)
Chris Kamara (Sky Sports)
Andrew Cole (Independent columnist)

Commercial
Pete Smith (Agent)
Sky Andrew (Agent)
Tony Finnigan (Advisor)
Chris Nathaniel (Advisor)
Rio Ferdinand (5 magazine and Live the Dream Foundation)

Administration
Lord Ouseley (FA councillor/KIO chair)
Simone Pound (PFA equality executive)
Paul Elliott (England 2018 Bid team)
Bobby Barnes (PFA deputy chief executive)
Paul Davis (PFA)

Coaching and Management
Chris Hughton (Newcastle United manager)
Hope Powell CBE (England women’s manager)
Noel Blake (England Under 19 head coach)
Eddie Newton (West Brom assistant head coach)
Terry Connor (Wolves assistant manager)
Chris Ramsey (Spurs Under 16 manager)
Les Ferdinand (Spurs coach)
Chris Powell (Leicester coach)
Alex Dyer (West Ham reserve team manager)

Community and Grassroots
Howard Gayle (Community work in Liverpool)
Sol Campbell (For his support of Kick It Out and speaking out against homophobia)
Clasford Stirling MBE (Grassroots coach in Broadwater farm area)
Paul Canoville (Former Chelsea winger, now mentor to young people)
Dr Colin King (Martin Shaw King Trust)
Johnson ‘Drax’ Hippolyte (Maidenhead United FC manager)
Danny Wallace (National Association of Disabled Supporters)
Patti Boulaye (Football Reaching Out For Africa)
Trevor Hutton (Wembley AFC)
Lincoln Moses MBE (Continental All Stars)
Trevor Bailey (Interwood FC)
Rachel Yankey (Arsenal FC player coaching in west London)
Les Fevrier (GSM – for his work in Hackney and Tottenham)
Gavin Rose (Dulwich Hamlets FC manager)
Mary Phillip (Former Arsenal FC player coaching in Peckham)
Jason Roberts MBE (Current player active in community in UK and Caribbean)