1920–21 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1920-21
League	Division Two
Manager	Bill Norman
League position	4th
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Heathcote (18) Combined: Jimmy Heathcote (18)
FA Cup	Second round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1919-20
Next season	1921-22 →

The 1920-21 season was Blackpool F.C.'s twentieth season (seventeenth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fourth.

Blackpool defender Horace Fairhurst suffered a head injury during Blackpool's game against Barnsley at Oakwell on 27 December 1920. He died at home eleven days later as a result of the injury.

Jimmy Heathcote was the club's top scorer, with eighteen goals.

Season synopsis

Although Blackpool matched the previous season's fourth-placed finishing position, this campaign's League season got off to a slow start, picking up only two points from a possible eight from their opening four games. A victory, 4–0 at home to Coventry City on 11 September, got them on their way. Two wins in their next three games followed.

At the halfway point, they had 25 points to their name. They acquired another 25 in the second half, but a loss and three draws in their final four fixtures saw them unable to keep pace with Birmingham and Cardiff City.

For the second straight season, Blackpool exited the FA Cup in Round Two.

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Birmingham	42	24	10	8	79	38	2.079	58
2	Cardiff City	42	24	10	8	59	32	1.844	58
3	Bristol City	42	19	13	10	49	29	1.690	51
4	Blackpool	42	20	10	12	54	42	1.286	50
5	West Ham United	42	19	10	13	51	30	1.700	48
6	Notts County	42	18	11	13	55	40	1.375	47
7	Clapton Orient	42	16	13	13	43	42	1.024	45
8	South Shields	42	17	10	15	61	46	1.326	44
9	Fulham	42	16	10	16	43	47	0.915	42
10	The Wednesday	42	15	11	16	48	48	1.000	41
11	Bury	42	15	10	17	45	49	0.918	40
12	Leicester City	42	12	16	14	39	46	0.848	40
13	Hull City	42	10	20	12	43	53	0.811	40
14	Leeds United	42	14	10	18	40	45	0.889	38
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	16	6	20	49	66	0.742	38
16	Barnsley	42	10	16	16	48	50	0.960	36
17	Port Vale	42	11	14	17	43	49	0.878	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	12	12	18	48	55	0.873	36
19	Rotherham County	42	12	12	18	37	53	0.698	36
20	Stoke	42	12	11	19	46	56	0.821	35
21	Coventry City	42	12	11	19	39	70	0.557	35
22	Stockport County	42	9	12	21	42	75	0.560	30

Player statistics

Appearances

League

Mingay 13, Fairhurst 20, Tulloch 40, Keenan 42, Halstead 1, Howard 8, Charles 33, Heathcote 40, Ratcliffe 13, McGinn 24, Donachie 19, Benton 39, Popplewell 1, Barrass 32, Burke 7, Gavin 18, Brown 1, Richardson 29, Bainbridge 2, Rooks 17, Mee 29, Baker 12, Hunter 2, Reid 3, Lovett 2, Marsh 1, Leaver 3, Bedford 10

Players used: 28

FA Cup

Tulloch 2, Keenan 3, Charles 3, Heathcote 3, Ratcliffe 2, McGinn 3, Benton 3, Barrass 3, Gavin 3, Richardson 3, Mee 3, Rooks 2

Players used: 12

Goals

League

Heathcote 18, Barrass 9, Bedford 7, Benton 6, Keenan 3, Charles 3, Ratcliffe 2, Mee 2, Reid 2, Donachie 1, Rooks 1

Goals scored: 54

FA Cup

Ratcliffe 2, Barrass 1, McGinn 1

Goals scored: 4

Transfers

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