1975–76 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1975-76
League	Division Two
Manager	Harry Potts
League position	10th
Top goalscorer	League: Mickey Walsh (17) Combined: Mickey Walsh (17)
FA Cup	Fourth round^[1]
League Cup	Second round^[2]
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1974-75
Next season	1976-77 →

The 1975-76 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 68th season (65th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing tenth, with a symmetrical record of fourteen wins, fourteen draws and fourteen losses.

Mickey Walsh was the club's top scorer for the second consecutive season, with seventeen goals.

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Sunderland	42	24	8	10	67	36	1.861	56
2	Bristol City	42	19	15	8	59	35	1.686	53
3	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	13	9	50	33	1.515	53
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	20	12	10	64	38	1.684	52
5	Notts County	42	19	11	12	60	41	1.463	49
6	Southampton	42	21	7	14	66	50	1.320	49
7	Luton Town	42	19	10	13	61	51	1.196	48
8	Nottingham Forest	42	17	12	13	55	40	1.375	46
9	Charlton Athletic	42	15	12	15	61	72	0.847	42
10	Blackpool	42	14	14	14	40	49	0.816	42
11	Chelsea	42	12	16	14	53	54	0.981	40
12	Fulham	42	13	14	15	45	47	0.957	40
13	Orient	42	13	14	15	37	39	0.949	40
14	Hull City	42	14	11	17	45	49	0.918	39
15	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	14	16	45	50	0.900	38
16	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	12	17	48	54	0.889	38
17	Oldham Athletic	42	13	12	17	57	68	0.838	38
18	Bristol Rovers	42	11	16	15	38	50	0.760	38
19	Carlisle United	42	12	13	17	45	59	0.763	37
20	Oxford United	42	11	11	20	39	59	0.661	33
21	York City	42	10	8	24	39	71	0.549	28
22	Portsmouth	42	9	7	26	32	61	0.525	25

Notes

↑ Entered competition in third round
↑ Entered competition in second round

References

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

External links

"Towers of strength" - Sunderland Echo

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