Blackpool F.C. season 1900-01

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Blackpool F.C.
Season 1900-01
League Division Two
Manager None
League position 12th
Top goalscorer Bob Birkett (10)
Highest home attendance 4,000 (v. Woolwich Arsenal)[1]
Lowest home attendance 500 (v. Barnsley)[1]
Previous season 1898-99
Next season 1901-02

The 1900-01 season was Blackpool F.C.'s first season back in the Football League (fourth total). They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twelfth.

Bob Birkett top-scored with ten goals in his 32 appearances.

Contents

[edit] Table

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Grimsby Town 34 20 9 5 60 33 1.818 49
2 Small Heath 34 19 10 5 57 24 2.375 48
3 Burnley 34 20 4 10 53 29 1.828 44
4 New Brighton Tower 34 17 8 9 57 38 1.500 42
5 Glossop North End 34 15 8 11 51 33 1.545 38
6 Middlesbrough 34 15 7 12 50 40 1.250 37
7 Woolwich Arsenal 34 15 6 13 39 35 1.114 36
8 Lincoln City 34 13 7 14 43 39 1.103 33
9 Burslem Port Vale 34 11 11 12 45 47 0.957 33
10 Newton Heath 34 14 4 16 42 38 1.105 32
11 Leicester Fosse 34 11 10 13 39 37 1.054 32
12 Blackpool 34 12 7 15 33 58 0.569 31
13 Gainsborough Trinity 34 10 10 14 45 60 0.750 30
14 Chesterfield 34 9 10 15 46 58 0.793 28
15 Barnsley 34 11 5 18 47 60 0.783 27
16 Walsall[2] 34 7 13 14 40 56 0.714 27
17 Stockport County 34 11 3 20 38 68 0.559 25
18 Burton Swifts 34 8 4 22 34 66 0.515 20

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

[edit] Player statistics

[edit] Appearances

  • Joe Dorrington – 34[3]
  • Harry Stirzaker – 33
  • Bob Birkett – 32
  • Jack Parkinson – 32
  • Jack Birchall – 30
  • M.J. Burden – 30
  • Edward Threlfall – 30
  • A. Boulton – 29
  • Lorenzo Evans – 27
  • Harold Hardman – 27
  • Jack Leadbetter – 15
  • J. Baxendale – 11
  • Jack Scott – 9
  • Richard Howson – 8
  • Geordie Anderson – 7
  • Thomas Speight – 5
  • Thomas Taylor – 4
  • John Jones – 1

Players used: 18

No appearances: Nicholas Gillett.

[edit] Goals

Total goals scored: 32 (plus one own-goal)

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Player From Fee
1900 Jack Parkinson[4] Liverpool Unknown
1900 Joe Dorrington Blackburn Rovers Unknown
1900 Jack Birchall Unknown Unknown
1900 M.J. Burden Unknown Unknown
1900 Edward Threlfall Unknown Unknown
1900 A. Boulton Unknown Unknown
1900 Lorenzo Evans Unknown Unknown
1900 Harold Hardman Schoolboy Free
1900 J. Baxendale Unknown Unknown
1900 Geordie Anderson Blackburn Rovers Unknown
1900 Thomas Speight Unknown Unknown
1900 Thomas Taylor Unknown Unknown

[edit] Out

The following players left between the end of the 1898-99 season (two seasons earlier) and the beginning of this one:

Date Player To Fee
1899–1900 F.A. Fletcher Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 Henry Parr Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 E.L. Williams Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 Thomas Hoyle Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 W. Atherton Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 Alex Stuart Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 J. Banks Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 H. Elston Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 G.F. Gamble Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 Arthur Nightingale Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 Jack Morris Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 J. Cartmell Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 F. Harrison Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 Andrew Hateley Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 John Scarr Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 R. Eaves Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 J. Kirkham Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 W.A. Dewhurst Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 F. Mayor Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 J. Dickson Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 E. Exton Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 G. Gosling Unknown Unknown
1899–1900 William Harrison Unknown Unknown

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
  2. ^ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League
  3. ^ Ever-present
  4. ^ Prior to Blackpool's season in exile from the Football League, Parkinson was transferred to Liverpool

[edit] References

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