Blackpool F.C. season 1902-03

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Blackpool F.C.
Season 1902-03
League Division Two
Manager None
League position 14th
Top goalscorer Harry Cookson and
Geordie Anderson (8 each)
Highest home attendance 4,000 (v. Manchester City, Doncaster Rovers and Preston North End)[1]
Lowest home attendance 600 (v. Burnley)[1]
Previous season ← 1901-02
Next season 1903-04 →

The 1902-03 season was Blackpool F.C.'s sixth season (third consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fourteenth.

Harry Cookson and Geordie Anderson were the club's joint-top scorers, with eight goals apiece. Anderson scored a hat-trick in the second game of the season, a 3–3 draw against Barnsley at Bloomfield Road.[2]

Harry Stirzaker retired at the end of the season, after nine years of service for Blackpool, his only professional club.

Contents

[edit] Table

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Manchester City 34 25 4 5 95 29 3.276 54
2 Small Heath 34 24 3 7 74 36 2.056 51
3 Woolwich Arsenal 34 20 8 6 66 30 2.200 48
4 Bristol City 34 17 8 9 59 38 1.553 42
5 Manchester United 34 15 8 11 53 38 1.395 38
6 Chesterfield 34 14 9 11 67 40 1.675 37
7 Preston North End 34 13 10 11 56 40 1.400 36
8 Barnsley 34 13 8 13 55 51 1.078 34
9 Burslem Port Vale 34 13 8 13 57 62 0.919 34
10 Lincoln City 34 12 6 16 46 53 0.868 30
11 Glossop North End 34 11 7 16 43 58 0.741 29
12 Gainsborough Trinity 34 11 7 16 41 59 0.695 29
13 Burton United 34 11 7 16 39 59 0.661 29
14 Blackpool 34 9 10 15 44 59 0.746 28
15 Leicester Fosse 34 10 8 16 41 65 0.631 28
16 Doncaster Rovers[3] 34 9 7 18 35 72 0.486 25
17 Stockport County 34 7 6 21 39 74 0.527 20
18 Burnley 34 6 8 20 30 77 0.390 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

  • Fred Heywood – 33
  • Jack Parkinson – 31
  • Jack Scott – 32
  • Bob Birkett – 30
  • Harold Hardman – 30
  • William Anderton – 28
  • Tom Wolstenholme – 28
  • Edward Threlfall – 26
  • Jack Birchall – 22
  • Geordie Anderson – 21
  • A. "Tishy" Hull – 16 (including one in midfield)
  • Joe Dorrington – 12
  • Lorenzo Evans – 11
  • Thomas Duckworth – 10
  • Harry Stirzaker – 9
  • Harry Cookson – 8
  • Jackie Wright – 7
  • Henry Parr – 3

Players used: 18

[edit] Goals

Goals scored: 43 (plus one own-goal)

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Player From Fee
1902 Thomas Duckworth Unknown Unknown
1902 Harry Cookson South Shore Unknown
1902 Fred Heywood Unknown Unknown
1902 Tom Wolstenholme Unknown Unknown
1902 Jackie Wright Unknown Unknown
1902 Henry Parr Unknown Unknown
1902 A. "Tishy" Hull Unknown Unknown

[edit] Out

The following players left after the final game of the previous season:

Date Player To Fee
1902 M.J. Burden Unknown Unknown
1902 J.S. Brooks Unknown Unknown
1902 Jack Foster Unknown Unknown
1902 William Higginson Unknown Unknown
1902 A. Boulton Unknown Unknown
1902 Nicholas Gillett Unknown Unknown
1902 Watty Allan Unknown Unknown
1902 Tom Barcroft became club secretary
1902 S. Billington Unknown Unknown

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ 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. ^ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League

[edit] References

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