1973–74 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1973-74
League	Division Two
Manager	Harry Potts
League position	5th
Top goalscorer	League: Mickey Burns (14) Combined: Mickey Burns (17)
FA Cup	Third round[1]
League Cup	Second round[2]
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1972-73
Next season	1974-75 →

The 1973-74 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 66th season (63rd consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifth.

This was Harry Potts' first full season in charge.

Mickey Burns was the club's top scorer, with seventeen goals (fourteen in the league and three in the League Cup).

Alan Suddick scored his 100th League goal, a penalty, in Blackpool's 3–0 victory over Preston North End at Bloomfield Road on 23 March 1974.^[3]

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Middlesbrough	42	27	11	4	77	30	2.567	65
2	Luton Town	42	19	12	11	64	51	1.255	50
3	Carlisle United	42	20	9	13	61	48	1.271	49
4	Orient	42	15	18	9	55	42	1.310	48
5	Blackpool	42	17	13	12	57	40	1.425	47
6	Sunderland	42	19	9	14	58	44	1.318	47
7	Nottingham Forest	42	15	15	12	57	43	1.326	45
8	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	16	12	48	45	1.067	44
9	Hull City	42	13	17	12	46	47	0.979	43
10	Notts County	42	15	13	14	55	60	0.917	43
11	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	12	15	44	40	1.100	42
12	Millwall	42	14	14	14	51	51	1.000	42
13	Fulham	42	16	10	16	39	43	0.907	42
14	Aston Villa	42	13	15	14	48	45	1.067	41
15	Portsmouth	42	14	12	16	45	62	0.726	40
16	Bristol City	42	14	10	18	47	54	0.870	38
17	Cardiff City	42	10	16	16	49	62	0.790	36
18	Oxford United	42	10	16	16	35	46	0.761	36
19	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	11	19	51	63	0.810	35
20	Crystal Palace	42	11	12	19	43	56	0.768	34
21	Preston North End	42	9	14	19	40	62	0.645	31*
22	Swindon Town	42	7	11	24	36	72	0.500	25

* Preston North End had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

Notes

1. Entered competition in third round
2. Entered competition in second round
3. The Seasiders

References

• Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.