1909–10 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1909-10
LeagueDivision Two
ManagerJack Cox (player-manager)
League position12th
Top goalscorerLeague: Walter Miller (14)
Combined: Walter Miller (14)
FA CupFirst round
Highest home attendance10,000 (v. Burnley)[1]
Lowest home attendance2,000 (v. Birmingham City)[1]
Previous season1908-09
Next season1910-11

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 WDLFAGAPts
1 Manchester City 38 23 8 7 81 40 2.025 54
2Oldham Athletic38237879392.02653
3Hull City38237880461.73953
4Derby County38229772471.53253
5Leicester Fosse382041479581.36244
6Glossop381871364571.12343
7Fulham3814131151431.18641
8Wolverhampton Wanderers381761564631.01640
9Barnsley381671562591.05139
10Bradford Park Avenue381741764591.08538
11West Bromwich Albion381651758561.03637
12Blackpool381481650520.96236
13Stockport County381381750471.06434
14Burnley381461862611.01634
15Lincoln City3810111742690.60931
16Clapton Orient381262037600.61730
17Leeds City381072146800.57527
18Gainsborough Trinity381062233750.44026
19Grimsby Town[3]38962350770.64924
20Birmingham38872342780.53823

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

Players used: 23

FA Cup

Players used: 12

Goals

League

League goals scored: 50

FA Cup

FA Cup goals scored: 1

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee

Out

Date Player From Fee

Notes

  1. 1 2 Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
  2. Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, Breedon Books Sport ISBN 1-873626-07-X
  3. Failed to be re-elected to the Football League
  4. Ever-present in League and Cup games

References

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