1909–10 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1909-10
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)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 (v. Birmingham City)
Previous season	← 1908-09
Next season	1910-11 →

The 1909-10 season was Blackpool F.C.'s thirteenth 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.

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
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	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
• 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

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Date	Player	From	Fee