1909–10 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
1909–10 season
Manager	Jack Cox (player-manager)
Division Two	12th
FA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Walter Miller (14); All: Walter Miller (14)
Highest home attendance	10,000 (v. Burnley)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 (v. Birmingham City)
	← 1908–09 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[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
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

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Player statistics[]

Appearances[]

League[]

Fiske – 38^[3]
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

Out[]

Date	Player	From	Fee

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
^ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, Breedon Books Sport ISBN 1-873626-07-X
^ Ever-present in League and Cup games

References[]

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

[approximated-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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] Ever-present in League and Cup games

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