1988–89 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1988-89
League	Division Three
Manager	Sam Ellis (succeeded by Jimmy Mullen)
League position	19th
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Garner (11) Combined: Andy Garner (15)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1987-88
Next season	1989-90 →

The 1988-89 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 81st season (78th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English league football, finishing nineteenth.

Andy Garner was the club's top scorer, with fifteen goals (eleven in the league, two in the FA Cup and two in the League Cup).

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	26	14	6	96	49	+47	92
2	Sheffield United	46	25	9	12	93	54	+39	84
3	Port Vale	46	24	12	10	78	48	+30	84
4	Fulham	46	22	9	15	69	67	+2	75
5	Bristol Rovers	46	19	17	10	67	51	+16	74
6	Preston North End	46	19	15	12	79	60	+19	72
7	Brentford	46	18	14	14	66	61	+5	68
8	Chester City	46	19	11	16	64	61	+3	68
9	Notts County	46	18	13	15	64	54	+10	67
10	Bolton Wanderers	46	16	16	14	58	54	+4	64
11	Bristol City	46	18	9	19	53	55	-2	63
12	Swansea City	46	15	16	15	51	53	-2	61
13	Bury	46	16	13	17	55	67	-12	61
14	Huddersfield Town	46	17	9	20	63	73	-10	60
15	Mansfield Town	46	14	17	15	48	52	-4	59
16	Cardiff City	46	14	15	17	44	56	-12	57
17	Wigan Athletic	46	14	14	18	55	53	+2	56
18	Reading	46	15	11	20	68	72	-4	56
19	Blackpool	46	14	13	19	56	59	-3	55
20	Northampton Town	46	16	6	24	66	76	-10	54
21	Southend United	46	13	15	18	56	75	-19	54
22	Chesterfield	46	14	7	25	51	86	-35	49
23	Gillingham	46	12	4	30	47	81	-34	40
24	Aldershot	46	8	13	25	48	78	-30	37

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.