1919–20 Blackpool F.C. season
Season 1919-20 | |
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League | Division Two |
Manager | Bill Norman |
League position | 4th |
Top goalscorer | League: Joe Lane (26) Combined: Joe Lane (28) |
FA Cup | Second round |
Highest home attendance | |
Lowest home attendance | |
Previous season | ← 1918-19 |
Next season | 1920-21 → |
The 1919-20 season was Blackpool F.C.'s nineteenth season (sixteenth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fourth.
Joe Lane was the club's top scorer, with 28 goals (26 in the league and two in the FA Cup).
Season synopsis
Blackpool's League season began with three victories in their opening four fixtures. Inconsistency then took over until mid-October, when they managed to string four consecutive wins together. The unbeaten run continued for four more games, before a 3–0 home defeat to Huddersfield Town on 13 December blotted their copybook.
Eleven wins in the second half of the campaign assisted in their fourth-placed finish.
The club's FA Cup run ended in the second round, with a defeat at local rivals Preston North End.
Table
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 102 | 32 | 3.188 | 70 |
2 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 97 | 38 | 2.553 | 64 |
3 | Birmingham | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 85 | 34 | 2.500 | 56 |
4 | Blackpool | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 65 | 47 | 1.383 | 52 |
5 | Bury | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 44 | 1.364 | 48 |
6 | Fulham | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 61 | 50 | 1.220 | 47 |
7 | West Ham United | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 40 | 1.175 | 47 |
8 | Bristol City | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 46 | 43 | 1.070 | 43 |
9 | South Shields | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 48 | 1.208 | 42 |
10 | Stoke | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 60 | 54 | 1.111 | 42 |
11 | Hull City | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 78 | 72 | 1.083 | 42 |
12 | Barnsley | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 55 | 1.109 | 40 |
13 | Port Vale* | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 59 | 62 | 0.952 | 40 |
14 | Leicester City | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 61 | 0.672 | 40 |
15 | Clapton Orient | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 51 | 59 | 0.864 | 38 |
16 | Stockport County | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 52 | 61 | 0.852 | 37 |
17 | Rotherham County | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 51 | 83 | 0.614 | 34 |
18 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 43 | 73 | 0.589 | 31 |
19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 55 | 80 | 0.688 | 30 |
20 | Coventry City | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 73 | 0.479 | 29 |
21 | Lincoln City | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 44 | 101 | 0.436 | 27 |
22 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 34 | 75 | 0.453 | 25 |
* Leeds City were expelled from the league after eight games; Port Vale, formerly Burslem Port Vale, took their place and inherited their record.
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
Mingay 41, Tulloch 35, Jones 22, Keenan 35, Wilson 22, Rooks 39, Charles 27, Heathcoate 31, Lane 30, Sibbald 32, Quinn 24, Fairhurst 27, Booth 8, Appleton 15, O'Doherty 1, Tremelling 7, Jacklin 1, McGinn 20, Burke 9, Hunter 11, Marsh 4, Bainbridge 1, Berry 5, Baker 7, Kent 5, Howard 1, Dumper 1, Barrass 1
Players used: 28
FA Cup
Mingay 3, Tulloch 3, Keenan 3, Wilson 3, Rooks 3, Charles 3, Heathcote 1, Lane 3, Quinn 3, Fairhurst 3, McGinn 2, Sibbald 3
Players used: 12
Goals
League
Lane 26, Heathcote 13, Sibbald 6, Charles 4, Quinn 4, Hunter 4, Rooks 3, Booth 2, Wilson 1, McGinn 1, Berry 1
Goals scored: 65
FA Cup
Lane 2, Charles 1, Sibbald 1, Quinn 1
Goals scored: 5
Transfers
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Out
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References
- Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
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