Blackwell slammed the team as 'abject' in the wake of their 1-0 home defeat at the weekend.
And the players were so embarrassed that no-one was willing to accept the sponsor's prize.
Blackwell said: "The sponsors wanted a man-of- the-match and, quite rightly, everyone was too embarrassed to go up and get it. The man-of-the-match for me was the mascot, at least he did his job."