1981–82 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1981-82
League	Division Four
Manager	Allan Brown
League position	12th
Top goalscorer	League: Dave Bamber (15) Combined: Dave Bamber (17)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1980-81
Next season	1982-83 →

The 1981-82 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 74th season (71st consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Four, then the bottom tier of English football, finishing twelfth.

This was the first season in which three points were awarded for a win, instead of two.

Dave Bamber was the club's top scorer, with seventeen goals (fifteen in the league, one in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup).

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sheffield United	46	27	15	4	94	41	+53	96
2	Bradford City	46	26	13	7	88	45	+43	91
3	Wigan Athletic	46	26	13	7	80	46	+34	91
4	Bournemouth	46	23	19	4	62	30	+32	88
5	Peterborough United	46	24	10	12	71	57	+14	82
6	Colchester United	46	20	12	14	82	57	+25	72
7	Port Vale	46	18	16	12	56	49	+7	70
8	Hull City	46	19	12	15	70	61	+9	69
9	Bury	46	17	17	12	80	59	+21	68
10	Hereford United	46	16	19	11	64	58	+6	67
11	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	18	14	51	56	-5	60
12	Blackpool	46	15	13	18	66	60	+6	58
13	Darlington	46	15	13	18	61	62	-1	58
14	Hartlepool United	46	13	16	17	73	84	-11	55
15	Torquay United	46	14	13	19	47	59	-12	55
16	Aldershot	46	13	15	18	57	68	-11	54
17	York City	46	14	8	24	69	91	-22	50
18	Stockport County	46	12	13	21	48	67	-19	49
19	Halifax Town	46	9	22	15	51	72	-21	49
20	Mansfield Town	46	13	10	23	63	81	-18	47
21	Rochdale	46	10	16	20	50	62	-12	46
22	Northampton Town	46	11	9	26	57	84	-27	42
23	Scunthorpe United	46	9	15	22	43	79	-36	42
24	Crewe Alexandra	46	6	9	31	29	84	-55	27

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

References

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