Blackpool F.C. season 1903-04

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Blackpool F.C.
Season 1903-04
League Division Two
Manager None
League position 15th
Top goalscorer Charles Bennett (9)
Highest home attendance 7,000 (v. Bolton Wanderers)[1]
Lowest home attendance 200 (v. Grimsby Town)[1]
Previous season ← 1902-03
Next season 1904-05 →

The 1903-04 season was Blackpool F.C.'s seventh season (fourth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

Charles Bennett was the club's top scorer, with nine goals.[2]

Contents

[edit] Table

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Preston North End 34 20 10 4 62 24 2.583 50
2 Woolwich Arsenal 34 21 7 6 91 22 4.136 49
3 Manchester United 34 20 8 6 65 33 1.970 48
4 Bristol City 34 18 6 10 73 41 1.780 42
5 Burnley 34 15 9 10 50 55 0.909 39
6 Grimsby Town 34 14 8 12 50 49 1.020 36
7 Bolton Wanderers 34 12 10 12 59 41 1.439 34
8 Barnsley 34 11 10 13 38 57 0.667 32
9 Gainsborough Trinity 34 14 3 17 53 60 0.883 31
10 Bradford City 34 12 7 15 45 59 0.763 31
11 Chesterfield 34 11 8 15 37 45 0.822 30
12 Lincoln City 34 11 8 15 41 58 0.707 30
13 Burslem Port Vale 34 10 9 15 54 52 1.038 29
14 Burton United 34 11 7 16 45 61 0.738 29
15 Blackpool 34 11 5 18 40 67 0.597 27
16 Stockport County[3] 34 8 11 15 40 72 0.556 27
17 Glossop North End 34 10 6 18 57 64 0.891 26
18 Leicester Fosse 34 6 10 18 42 82 0.512 22

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

  • William Anderton – 33
  • Jack Scott – 33
  • Bob Birkett – 32
  • A. "Tishy" Hull – 31
  • Charles Bennett – 30
  • Edward Threlfall – 30
  • Tom Wolstenholme – 29
  • Jack Parkinson – 29
  • John Rooke – 23
  • Geordie Anderson – 21
  • Marshall McEwan – 21
  • John Jones – 17 (including one as goalkeeper)
  • S. Carthy – 16
  • Fred Pentland – 8
  • Ted Killean – 5
  • Harry Whittle – 4
  • P. Miller – 3
  • James Hodgson – 2
  • T. Anderson – 2
  • Percy Pickford – 1
  • Jack Davies – 1
  • David Hughes – 1
  • Lewis Swarbrick – 1
  • Stanley Spencer – 1

Players used: 24

No appearances: Joe Dorrington and Fred Heywood.

[edit] Goals

  • Charles Bennett – 9
  • Geordie Anderson – 7
  • Fred Pentland – 5
  • John Rooke – 5
  • Jack Scott – 3
  • Bob Birkett – 2
  • Jack Parkinson – 2
  • Edward Threlfall – 2
  • William Anderton – 1
  • S. Carthy – 1
  • Marshall McEwan – 1
  • Stanley Spencer – 1

Goals scored: 39 (plus one own-goal)

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Player From Fee
1903 Charles Bennett Unknown Unknown
1903 John Rooke Unknown Unknown
1903 John Jones Unknown Unknown
1903 S. Carthy Unknown Unknown
1903 Fred Pentland Unknown Unknown
1903 Marshall McEwan Unknown Unknown
1903 Ted Killean Unknown Unknown
1903 Harry Whittle Unknown Unknown
1903 P. Miller Unknown Unknown
1903 James Hodgson Unknown Unknown
1903 T. Anderson Unknown Unknown
1903 Percy Pickford Unknown Unknown
1903 Jack Davies Unknown Unknown
1903 David Hughes Unknown Unknown
1903 Lewis Swarbrick Unknown Unknown
1903 Stanley Spencer Unknown Unknown

[edit] Out

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

Date Player To Fee
1903 Jack Birchall Unknown Unknown
1903 Harry Cookson Unknown Unknown
1903 Harold Hardman Unknown Unknown
1903 Harry Stirzaker Unknown Unknown
1903 J.W. Wright Unknown Unknown
1903 Henry Parr Unknown Unknown
1903 Lorenzo Evans 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. Joined The Combination

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

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