Blackpool F.C. season 1970-71

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Blackpool F.C.

Season 1970-71
League	Division One
Manager	Les Shannon (succeeded by Jimmy Meadows, then Bob Stokoe)
League position	22nd (relegated)
Top goalscorer	League: Mickey Burns (10) Combined: Mickey Burns (10)
FA Cup	Fourth round^[1]
League Cup	Third round^[2]
Anglo-Italian Cup	Winners
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1969-70
Next season	1971-72 →

The 1970-71 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 64th season (61st consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing bottom. As a result, they were relegated back to Division Two a season after their promotion from it, and to date they haven't been back in the top flight.

Blackpool won the Anglo-Italian Cup for their first and only time, beating Bologna 2–1 in the final at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in the Italian city.

Les Shannon left his position as manager during the season after only seventeen months in charge. He was replaced, in a caretaker manager role, by Jimmy Meadows. Meadows was, in turn, succeeded by Bob Stokoe.

Mickey Burns was the club's top scorer, with ten goals.

Jimmy Armfield retired at the end of the season after seventeen years of service for Blackpool, his only professional club. His final appearance was against Manchester United at Bloomfield Road, in front of a crowd of 30,000. He had come back from an injury lay-off to make his swan song. His 569 appearances remains a club record.

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		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Arsenal	42	29	7	6	71	29	2.448	65
2	Leeds United	42	27	10	5	72	30	2.400	64
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	14	9	54	33	1.636	52
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	22	8	12	64	54	1.185	52
5	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	42	24	1.750	51
6	Chelsea	42	18	15	9	52	42	1.238	51
7	Southampton	42	17	12	13	56	44	1.273	46
8	Manchester United	42	16	11	15	65	66	0.985	43
9	Derby County	42	16	10	16	56	54	1.037	42
10	Coventry City	42	16	10	16	37	38	0.974	42
11	Manchester City	42	12	17	13	47	42	1.119	41
12	Newcastle United	42	14	13	15	44	46	0.957	41
13	Stoke City	42	12	13	17	44	48	0.917	37
14	Everton	42	12	13	17	54	60	0.900	37
15	Huddersfield Town	42	11	14	17	40	49	0.816	36
16	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	42	61	0.689	36
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	15	17	58	75	0.773	35
18	Crystal Palace	42	12	11	19	39	57	0.684	35
19	Ipswich Town	42	12	10	20	42	48	0.875	34
20	West Ham United	42	10	14	18	47	60	0.783	34
21	Burnley	42	7	13	22	29	63	0.460	27
22	Blackpool	42	4	15	23	34	66	0.515	23