Blackpool F.C. season 1979-80

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Blackpool F.C.

Season 1979-80
League	Division Three
Manager	Stan Ternent (succeeded by Alan Ball)
League position	18th
Top goalscorers	League: Stan McEwan & Tony Kellow (12) Combined: Stan McEwan (14)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1978-79
Next season	1980-81 →

The 1979-80 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 73rd season (70th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing eighteenth.

Stan Ternent succeeded Bob Stokoe as manager prior to the start of the season; however, he too was replaced during the campaign itself, by former player Alan Ball.

Stan McEwan was the club's top scorer, with fourteen goals (twelve in the league, one in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup). Tony Kellow was the joint-top scorer in the league.

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		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Grimsby Town	46	26	10	10	73	42	+31	62
2	Blackburn Rovers	46	25	9	12	58	36	+22	59
3	Sheffield Wednesday	46	21	16	9	81	47	+34	58
4	Chesterfield	46	23	11	12	71	46	+25	57
5	Colchester United	46	20	12	14	64	56	+8	52
6	Carlisle United	46	18	12	16	66	56	+10	48
7	Reading	46	16	16	14	66	65	+1	48
8	Exeter City	46	19	10	17	60	68	-8	48
9	Chester City	46	17	13	16	49	57	-8	47
10	Swindon Town	46	19	8	19	71	63	+8	46
11	Barnsley	46	16	14	16	53	56	-3	46
12	Sheffield United	46	18	10	18	59	66	-7	46
13	Rotherham United	46	18	10	18	58	66	-8	46
14	Millwall	46	16	13	17	65	59	+6	45
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	16	12	18	59	55	+4	44
16	Gillingham	46	14	14	18	49	51	-2	42
17	Oxford United	46	14	13	19	57	62	-5	41
18	Blackpool	46	15	11	20	62	74	-12	41
19	Brentford	46	15	11	20	59	73	-14	41
20	Hull City	46	12	16	18	51	69	-18	40
21	Bury	46	16	7	23	45	59	-14	39
22	Southend United	46	14	10	22	47	57	-10	38
23	Mansfield Town	46	10	16	20	47	58	-11	36
24	Wimbledon	46	10	14	22	52	81	-29	34