1919–20 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1919-20
League	Division Two
Manager	Bill Norman
League position	4th
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Lane (26) Combined: Joe Lane (28)
FA Cup	Second round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1918-19
Next season	1920-21 →

The 1919-20 season was Blackpool F.C.'s nineteenth season (sixteenth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fourth.

Joe Lane was the club's top scorer, with 28 goals (26 in the league and two in the FA Cup).

Season synopsis

Blackpool's League season began with three victories in their opening four fixtures. Inconsistency then took over until mid-October, when they managed to string four consecutive wins together. The unbeaten run continued for four more games, before a 3–0 home defeat to Huddersfield Town on 13 December blotted their copybook.

Eleven wins in the second half of the campaign assisted in their fourth-placed finish.

The club's FA Cup run ended in the second round, with a defeat at local rivals Preston North End.

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	32	6	4	102	32	3.188	70
2	Huddersfield Town	42	28	8	6	97	38	2.553	64
3	Birmingham	42	24	8	10	85	34	2.500	56
4	Blackpool	42	21	10	11	65	47	1.383	52
5	Bury	42	20	8	14	60	44	1.364	48
6	Fulham	42	19	9	14	61	50	1.220	47
7	West Ham United	42	19	9	14	47	40	1.175	47
8	Bristol City	42	13	17	12	46	43	1.070	43
9	South Shields	42	15	12	15	58	48	1.208	42
10	Stoke	42	18	6	18	60	54	1.111	42
11	Hull City	42	18	6	18	78	72	1.083	42
12	Barnsley	42	15	10	17	61	55	1.109	40
13	Port Vale*	42	16	8	18	59	62	0.952	40
14	Leicester City	42	15	10	17	41	61	0.672	40
15	Clapton Orient	42	16	6	20	51	59	0.864	38
16	Stockport County	42	14	9	19	52	61	0.852	37
17	Rotherham County	42	13	8	21	51	83	0.614	34
18	Nottingham Forest	42	11	9	22	43	73	0.589	31
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	10	22	55	80	0.688	30
20	Coventry City	42	9	11	22	35	73	0.479	29
21	Lincoln City	42	9	9	24	44	101	0.436	27
22	Grimsby Town	42	10	5	27	34	75	0.453	25

* Leeds City were expelled from the league after eight games; Port Vale, formerly Burslem Port Vale, took their place and inherited their record.

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

Mingay 41, Tulloch 35, Jones 22, Keenan 35, Wilson 22, Rooks 39, Charles 27, Heathcoate 31, Lane 30, Sibbald 32, Quinn 24, Fairhurst 27, Booth 8, Appleton 15, O'Doherty 1, Tremelling 7, Jacklin 1, McGinn 20, Burke 9, Hunter 11, Marsh 4, Bainbridge 1, Berry 5, Baker 7, Kent 5, Howard 1, Dumper 1, Barrass 1

Players used: 28

FA Cup

Mingay 3, Tulloch 3, Keenan 3, Wilson 3, Rooks 3, Charles 3, Heathcote 1, Lane 3, Quinn 3, Fairhurst 3, McGinn 2, Sibbald 3

Players used: 12

Goals

League

Lane 26, Heathcote 13, Sibbald 6, Charles 4, Quinn 4, Hunter 4, Rooks 3, Booth 2, Wilson 1, McGinn 1, Berry 1

Goals scored: 65

FA Cup

Lane 2, Charles 1, Sibbald 1, Quinn 1

Goals scored: 5

Transfers

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