Blackpool F.C. season 1927-28
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Season 1927-28 | |
League | Division Two |
Manager | Sydney Beaumont |
League position | 19th |
Top goalscorer | League: Jimmy Hampson (31) Combined: Jimmy Hampson (31) |
FA Cup | Third round[1] |
Highest home attendance | |
Lowest home attendance | |
Previous season | ← 1926-27 |
Next season | 1928-29 → |
The 1927-28 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 27th season (24th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing nineteenth.
Sydney Beaumont became the club's new manager prior to the start of the season, succeeding Major Frank Buckley.
Jimmy Hampson was the club's top scorer, with 31 goals, including four goals against Nottingham Forest at Bloomfield Road on March 24, 1928, Blackpool winning 5-3. He also scored two hat-tricks: one at Wolves on November 26, 1927, and one at home to Fulham on May 5, 1928, the final day of the season. Two other players also scored hat-tricks during the season: Tommy Browell, in a 6-2 victory over Bristol City at Bloomfield Road, and Bert Fishwick, in a 3-1 victory at home to Reading.
[edit] Table
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Manchester City | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 100 | 59 | 1.695 | 59 |
2 | Leeds United | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 98 | 49 | 2.000 | 57 |
3 | Chelsea | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 75 | 45 | 1.667 | 54 |
4 | Preston North End | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 100 | 66 | 1.515 | 53 |
5 | Stoke City | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 78 | 59 | 1.322 | 52 |
6 | Swansea City | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 75 | 63 | 1.190 | 48 |
7 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 75 | 51 | 1.471 | 46 |
8 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 90 | 70 | 1.286 | 46 |
9 | Port Vale | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 68 | 57 | 1.193 | 44 |
10 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 83 | 84 | 0.988 | 40 |
11 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 69 | 83 | 0.831 | 40 |
12 | Bristol City | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 76 | 79 | 0.962 | 39 |
13 | Barnsley | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 65 | 85 | 0.765 | 39 |
14 | Hull City | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 54 | 0.759 | 39 |
15 | Notts County | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 68 | 74 | 0.919 | 38 |
16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 63 | 91 | 0.692 | 36 |
17 | Southampton | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 68 | 77 | 0.883 | 35 |
18 | Reading | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 53 | 75 | 0.707 | 35 |
19 | Blackpool | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 83 | 101 | 0.822 | 34 |
20 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 55 | 85 | 0.647 | 34 |
21 | Fulham | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 68 | 89 | 0.764 | 33 |
22 | South Shields | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 56 | 111 | 0.505 | 23 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Entered competition in third round
[edit] References
- Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.