1909–10 Blackpool F.C. season
Season 1909-10 | |
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League | Division Two |
Manager | Jack Cox (player-manager) |
League position | 12th |
Top goalscorer | League: Walter Miller (14) Combined: Walter Miller (14) |
FA Cup | First round |
Highest home attendance | 10,000 (v. Burnley)[1] |
Lowest home attendance | 2,000 (v. Birmingham City)[1] |
Previous season | ← 1908-09 |
Next season | 1910-11 → |
The 1909-10 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 13th season (tenth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twelfth.
Jack Cox took on the role of player-manager for the first time, succeeding club secretary Tom Barcroft.
Walter Miller was the club's top scorer, with fourteen goals, including a hat-trick against Leeds City at Bloomfield Road on New Year's Day, 1910.[2]
Season synopsis
Blackpool won four of their opening five league games, before failing to win any of the six games to follow. Another sequence of note was a four-game win streak between 26 March and 16 April, which assisted in their mid-table finish. In addition, they beat and drew their two matches against the eventual champions, Manchester City.
The club's FA Cup campaign ended at the first-round stage. After drawing 1–1 with Barnsley at Bloomfield Road on 15 January, they lost the replay 0–6.
Table
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Manchester City | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 81 | 40 | 2.025 | 54 |
2 | Oldham Athletic | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 79 | 39 | 2.026 | 53 |
3 | Hull City | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 46 | 1.739 | 53 |
4 | Derby County | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 72 | 47 | 1.532 | 53 |
5 | Leicester Fosse | 38 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 79 | 58 | 1.362 | 44 |
6 | Glossop | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 64 | 57 | 1.123 | 43 |
7 | Fulham | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 51 | 43 | 1.186 | 41 |
8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 64 | 63 | 1.016 | 40 |
9 | Barnsley | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 62 | 59 | 1.051 | 39 |
10 | Bradford Park Avenue | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 64 | 59 | 1.085 | 38 |
11 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 58 | 56 | 1.036 | 37 |
12 | Blackpool | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 52 | 0.962 | 36 |
13 | Stockport County | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 47 | 1.064 | 34 |
14 | Burnley | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 62 | 61 | 1.016 | 34 |
15 | Lincoln City | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 42 | 69 | 0.609 | 31 |
16 | Clapton Orient | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 37 | 60 | 0.617 | 30 |
17 | Leeds City | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 46 | 80 | 0.575 | 27 |
18 | Gainsborough Trinity | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 75 | 0.440 | 26 |
19 | Grimsby Town[3] | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 50 | 77 | 0.649 | 24 |
20 | Birmingham | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 42 | 78 | 0.538 | 23 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Player statistics
Appearances
League
- Fiske – 38[4]
- Crewdson – 10
- Whittingham – 25
- Threlfall – 31
- Connor – 35
- Clarke – 38
- Morley – 32
- Beare – 34
- Miller – 31
- Elmore – 34
- Dawson – 13
- Gladwin – 16
- Cox – 25
- Drain – 4
- Burt – 6
- Evans – 4
- Goulding – 13
- Didymus – 3
- Shaw – 2
- Bradshaw – 2
- Wolstenholme – 9
- Dale – 12
- Hoad – 1
Players used: 23
FA Cup
- Fiske – 2
- Whittingham – 2
- Threlfall – 2
- Connor – 2
- Clarke – 2
- Beare – 2
- Miller – 2
- Dawson – 2
- Gladwin – 1
- Goulding – 1
- Wolstenholme – 2
- Hoad – 2
Players used: 12
Goals
League
- Miller – 14
- Beare – 9
- Morley – 7
- Elmore – 6
- Connor – 4
- Dawson – 4
- Cox – 3
- Burt – 2
- Wolstenholme – 1
League goals scored: 50
FA Cup
- Wolstenholme – 1
FA Cup goals scored: 1
Transfers
In
Date | Player | From | Fee |
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Out
Date | Player | From | Fee |
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Notes
References
- Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.