1914–15 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1914-15
League	Division Two
Manager	None
League position	10th
Top goalscorer	League: Joe Lane (28) Combined: Joe Lane (28)
FA Cup	First round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1913-14
Next season	1915-16 →

The 1914-15 season was Blackpool F.C.'s eighteenth season (fifteenth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing tenth.

Joe Lane, ever-present throughout the season, was the club's top scorer for the second consecutive season, with 28 goals to his name. Harold Keenan, though still a member of the squad, didn't make any appearances for the club.

Season synopsis

The season started slowly for the Seasiders, with five defeats in their opening six league games — a 3–1 victory (thanks to a Joe Lane hat-trick) at Hull City on 5 September being the anomaly. The run did not get any better; indeed in ten league games, Blackpool lost eight times. Their form picked up from November onwards, however, but inconsistency was rife.

The players redeemed themselves somewhat with eight victories in their final ten games, which resulted in their top-ten finish.

For the third consecutive season, Blackpool's FA Cup campaign ended at the first-round stage.

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Derby County^[1]	38	23	7	8	71	33	2.152	53
2	Preston North End^[1]	38	20	10	8	61	42	1.452	50
3	Barnsley	38	22	3	13	51	51	1.000	47
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	19	7	12	77	52	1.481	45
5	Arsenal^[1]	38	19	5	14	69	41	1.683	43
6	Birmingham	38	17	9	12	62	39	1.590	43
7	Hull City	38	19	5	14	65	54	1.204	43
8	Huddersfield Town	38	17	8	13	61	42	1.452	42
9	Clapton Orient	38	16	9	13	50	48	1.042	41
10	Blackpool	38	17	5	16	58	57	1.018	39
11	Bury	38	15	8	15	61	56	1.089	38
12	Fulham	38	15	7	16	53	47	1.128	37
13	Bristol City	38	15	7	16	62	56	1.107	37
14	Stockport County	38	15	7	16	54	60	0.900	37
15	Leeds City	38	14	4	20	65	64	1.016	32
16	Lincoln City	38	11	9	18	46	65	0.708	31
17	Grimsby Town	38	11	9	18	48	76	0.632	31
18	Nottingham Forest	38	10	9	19	43	77	0.558	29
19	Leicester Fosse	38	10	4	24	47	88	0.534	24
20	Glossop^[2]	38	6	6	26	31	87	0.356	18

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

Kidd 30, Robson 25, Jones 21, Bainbridge 38, Connor 9, Rooks 14, Charles 35, Turley 4, Lane 38, Yarnall 9, Quinn 37, Green 21, Booth 27, Millership 2, Tulloch 25, Sibbald 27, Wilson 27, Appleton 18, Gregson 3, Mitchell 5, Thompson 3

Players used: 21

FA Cup

Kidd 1, Robson 1, Bainbridge 1, Charles 1, Lane 1, Quinn 1, Green 1, Booth 1, Tulloch 1, Sibbald 1, Wilson 1

Players used: 11

Goals

League

Lane 28, Sibbald 7, Charles, 6, Quinn 4, Green 4, Appleton 3, Booth 2, Wilson 2, Bainbridge 1, Yarnall 1

Goals scored: 58

FA Cup

Sibbald 1

Goals scored: 1

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee

Out

Date	Player	From	Fee

Notes

1 2 3 Promoted to First Division after WWI
↑ 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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FA competitions

FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds
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Related events

1915 British football betting scandal

Club seasons

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