1912–13 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1912-13
LeagueDivision Two
ManagerNone
League position20th (bottom)
Top goalscorerLeague: George Wilson (10)
Combined: George Wilson (10)
FA CupFirst round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season1911-12
Next season1913-14

The 1912-13 season was Blackpool F.C.'s sixteenth season (thirteenth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing bottom. Their application for re-election was successful.

George Wilson was the club's top scorer, with ten goals.

Season synopsis

Other than two victories in their opening four league games, Blackpool's nine wins were spaced out over the course of the season. By the league season's halfway point, a 4–0 Christmas Day defeat at Lancashire rivals Burnley, they had won only two further games. Of the remaining nineteen matches, Blackpool lost ten, a sequence that contributed to their finishing at the foot of the table.

In the FA Cup, Blackpool took Tottenham to a first-round replay after a 1–1 draw at White Hart Lane on 11 January. Three days later, the replay was played at the same venue after Blackpool sold Spurs the ground rights. The Londoners were victorious 6–1.

To the consternation of the Seasiders' fans, their arch-rivals Preston North End won the championship and Burnley took the second promotion spot.

Table

P WDLFAGAPts
1 Preston North End 38 19 15 4 56 33 1.697 53
2Burnley38218988531.66050
3Birmingham3818101059441.34146
4Barnsley381971257471.21345
5Huddersfield Town381791266401.65043
6Leeds City3815101370641.09440
7Grimsby Town3815101351501.02040
8Lincoln City3815101350520.96240
9Fulham381751665551.18239
10Wolverhampton Wanderers3814101456541.03738
11Bury381581553570.93038
12Hull City381561760561.07136
13Bradford Park Avenue381481660601.00036
14Clapton Orient3810141434470.72334
15Leicester Fosse381371850650.76933
16Bristol City389151446720.63933
17Nottingham Forest381281858590.98332
18Glossop381281849680.72132
19Stockport County388102056780.71826
20Blackpool38982139690.56526

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

Players used: 24

FA Cup

Players used: 12

Goals

League

League goals scored: 39

FA Cup

FA Cup goals scored: 2

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee

Out

Date Player From Fee

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Ever-present

References

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