Blackpool F.C. season 1930-31

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Blackpool F.C.

Season 1930-31
League	Division One
Manager	Harry Evans (honorary manager)
League position	20th
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Hampson (32) Combined: Jimmy Hampson (33)
FA Cup	Fourth round^[1]
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1929-30
Next season	1931-32 →

The 1930-31 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 30th season (27th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing twentieth. Albert Watson's equalising goal against Manchester City in the final league game of the season was dubbed a "£10,000 goal",^[2] because it was said to be worth at least that amount as it secured the club's top-flight survival and its short-term future with the guarantee of large attendances for the next twelve months.

Jimmy Hampson was the club's top scorer for the fourth consecutive season, with 33 goals in total (32 in the league and one in the FA Cup.)

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		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	28	10	4	127	59	2.153	66
2	Aston Villa	42	25	9	8	128	78	1.641	59
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	22	8	12	102	75	1.360	52
4	Portsmouth	42	18	13	11	84	67	1.254	49
5	Huddersfield Town	42	18	12	12	81	65	1.246	48
6	Derby County	42	18	10	14	94	79	1.190	46
7	Middlesbrough	42	19	8	15	98	90	1.089	46
8	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	75	70	1.071	46
9	Liverpool	42	15	12	15	86	85	1.012	42
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	8	17	83	84	0.988	42
11	Sunderland	42	16	9	17	89	85	1.047	41
12	Chelsea	42	15	10	17	64	67	0.955	40
13	Grimsby Town	42	17	5	20	82	87	0.943	39
14	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	9	18	68	81	0.840	39
15	Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	78	84	0.929	38
16	Leicester City	42	16	6	20	80	95	0.842	38
17	Newcastle United	42	15	6	21	78	87	0.897	36
18	West Ham United	42	14	8	20	79	94	0.840	36
19	Birmingham	42	13	10	19	55	70	0.786	36
20	Blackpool	42	11	10	21	71	125	0.568	32
21	Leeds United	42	12	7	23	68	81	0.840	31
22	Manchester United	42	7	8	27	53	115	0.461	22