1908–09 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1908-09
League	Division Two
Manager	None
League position	20th (bottom)
Top goalscorer	League: Bob Whittingham (13) Combined: Bob Whittingham (13)
FA Cup	Second round
Highest home attendance	10,000 (v. Oldham)^[1]
Lowest home attendance	2,000 (v. Gainsborough Trinity and Chesterfield)^[1]
Previous season	← 1907-08
Next season	1909-10 →

The 1908-09 season was Blackpool F.C.'s twelfth season (ninth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing bottom. The club's application for re-election was successful.

Bob Whittingham top-scored for the second consecutive season. He achieved the feat despite his leaving the club for Bradford City in January.

Season synopsis

Blackpool were undefeated in their first five league games, a sequence that included two victories. Their first turnover, a 0–4 scoreline, occurred at Barnsley on 3 October.^[2] They failed to win away from Bloomfield Road in the League; a record that would not be equalled for 106 years.^[3]

Only seven more victories ensued in their 31 remaining league games,^[2] which largely accounted for their lowly finishing position. Of the eleven league games in which Bob Whittingham scored, Blackpool won four, drew five and lost two. After his departure, they only won three of their remaining sixteen games.^[2]

The club's FA Cup run ended at the second-round stage, with a 2–1 defeat at Newcastle United on 6 February. They defeated Hastings & St Leonards 2–0 in the first round.

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Bolton Wanderers	38	24	4	10	59	28	2.107	52
2	Tottenham Hotspur	38	20	11	7	67	32	2.094	51
3	West Bromwich Albion	38	19	13	6	56	27	2.074	51
4	Hull City	38	19	6	13	63	39	1.615	44
5	Derby County	38	16	11	11	55	41	1.341	43
6	Oldham Athletic	38	17	6	15	55	43	1.279	40
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	14	11	13	56	48	1.167	39
8	Glossop	38	15	8	15	57	53	1.075	38
9	Gainsborough Trinity	38	15	8	15	49	70	0.700	38
10	Fulham	38	13	11	14	58	48	1.208	37
11	Birmingham	38	14	9	15	58	61	0.951	37
12	Leeds City	38	14	7	17	43	53	0.811	35
13	Grimsby Town	38	14	7	17	41	54	0.759	35
14	Burnley	38	13	7	18	51	58	0.879	33
15	Clapton Orient	38	12	9	17	37	49	0.755	33
16	Bradford Park Avenue	38	13	6	19	51	59	0.864	32
17	Barnsley	38	11	10	17	48	57	0.842	32
18	Stockport County	38	14	3	21	39	71	0.549	31
19	Chesterfield^[4]	38	11	8	19	37	67	0.552	30
20	Blackpool	38	9	11	18	46	68	0.676	29

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Player statistics

Appearances

League

Fiske – 37
Crewdson – 36
Connor – 35
Beare – 33
Baddeley – 32
Threlfall – 28
Parkinson – 26
Whittingham, S. – 23
Whittingham, B. – 22
Grundy – 21
Scott – 20
Weston – 20
Reid – 16
Clarke – 11
Dawson – 9
Lyon – 8
Swan – 7
Walker – 7
Whiteside – 6
Whalley – 5
Miller – 4
Tonge – 4
Bradshaw – 2
Gladwin – 2
Latheron – 1
Stephenson – 1
Sterling – 1
Tillotson – 1

Players used: 28

FA Cup

Baddeley – 2
Beare – 2
Connor – 2
Crewdson – 2
Fiske – 2
Parkinson – 2
Scott – 2
Gillibrand – 1
Lyon – 1
Reid – 1
Swan – 1
Threlfall – 1
Weston – 1
Whalley – 1
Whittingham, S. – 1

Players used: 15

Goals

League

Whittingham, B. – 13
Beare – 8
Grundy – 8
Weston – 4
Baddeley – 3
Walker – 3
Lyon – 2
Reid – 2
Whalley – 2
Swan – 1

League goals scored: 46

FA Cup

Threlfall – 1
Whalley – 1
Weston – 1

FA Cup goals scored: 3

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From
1907	S. Whittingham
1908	George Beare	Southampton
1908	Herbert Lyon	Swindon Town
1908	Amos Baddeley	Stoke City
1908	Eddie Whiteside
1908	P.C. Miller
1908	Herbert Lyon	Swindon Town
1908	Eddie Latheron	Guest
1908	Andrew Swan
1908	C. Stephenson
1908	Thomas Walker
1908	Charles Gladwin
1908	Arthur Whalley
1908	Benjamin Tonge
1908	R.L. Sterling
1908	Harry Dawson	Everton
1908	Richard Bradshaw
1908	Charles Gillibrand

Out

The following players left after the final game of the previous season:

Date	Player	To
1907	Ginger Owers	West Bromwich Albion
1907	Horace King
1907	Horace Brindley	Crewe Alexandra
1907	W. Lowe
1907	Frederick Rose
1907	J. Gow
1908	Walter Cookson	Retired
1908	Hugh Rimmer
1908	Fred Heywood
1908	John Waddington
1908	William Birch	Nottingham Forest

Notes

1 2 Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
1 2 3 Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, p. 192, Breedon Books Sport
↑ "Clark’s questions after matching 106 year record" - Blackpool Gazette, 27 April 2015
↑ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League

References

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

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