List of Blackpool F.C. seasons

As of 14 May 2015

A graph displaying Blackpool's finishing positions in the Football League from 1896 to the present.

This is a record of every season of Blackpool Football Club in English and European football, from 1896–97, their first season in the Football League, to their current campaign. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, their managers, and the top scorers in the League for each season. Note: The 1945–46 post-War season statistics are not recognised officially.

Between 5 September 1896 and 2 May 2015, Blackpool have played a total of 4,480 matches in the Football League. Of these, they have won 1,625 (37%), drawn 1,146 (25%) and lost 1,709 (38%).^[1]^[2]

Between 14 August 2010 and 22 May 2011, Blackpool played 38 matches in the Premier League. Of these, they won ten (26%), drew nine (24%) and lost nineteen (50%).

In total, Blackpool have played 4,518 league games since 1896. Of these, they have won 1,635 (36%), drawn 1,155 (26%) and lost 1,728 (38%).

Season	Tier (Division)	Position	Manager(s)	FA Cup	League Cup	Europe	Top scorer(s) (League only)
1896–97	2 (Division 2)	8th	None	Qualifying Round	Did not exist		Parkinson, J.	15
1897–98	2 (Division 2)	11th	None	Qualifying Round	Did not exist		Cox	12
1898–99	2 (Division 2)	16th	None	Qualifying Round	Did not exist		Birkett	15
1899–00	Not re-elected
1900–01	2 (Division 2)	12th	None	Qualifying Round	Did not exist		Birkett	10
1901–02	2 (Division 2)	13th	None	Qualifying Round	Did not exist		Anderson	12
1902–03	2 (Division 2)	14th	None	Qualifying Round	Did not exist		Cookson & Anderson	8
1903–04	2 (Division 2)	15th	Tom Barcroft (secretary-manager)	Qualifying Round	Did not exist		Bennett	9
1904–05	2 (Division 2)	15th	Tom Barcroft (secretary-manager)	First Round	Did not exist		Chadwick	8
1905–06	2 (Division 2)	14th	Tom Barcroft (secretary-manager)	Third Round	Did not exist		Connor, Hancock & Francis	6
1906–07	2 (Division 2)	13th	Tom Barcroft (secretary-manager)	First Round	Did not exist		Grundy	8
1907–08	2 (Division 2)	15th	Tom Barcroft (secretary-manager)	First Round	Did not exist		Whittingham	15
1908–09	2 (Division 2)	20th^[3]	Tom Barcroft (secretary-manager)	Second Round	Did not exist		Whittingham	13
1909–10	2 (Division 2)	12th	Jack Cox (player-manager)	First Round	Did not exist		Miller	14
1910–11	2 (Division 2)	7th	Jack Cox (player-manager)	First Round	Did not exist		Clennell	18
1911–12	2 (Division 2)	14th	None	Second Round	Did not exist		Wolstenholme	9
1912–13	2 (Division 2)	20th^[3]	None	First Round	Did not exist		Wilson	10
1913–14	2 (Division 2)	16th	None	First Round	Did not exist		Lane	11
1914–15	2 (Division 2)	10th	None	First Round	Did not exist		Lane	28
1915–16	—^[4]		None		Did not exist
1916–17	—^[4]		None		Did not exist
1917–18	—^[4]		None		Did not exist
1918–19	—^[4]		Bill Norman		Did not exist
1919–20	2 (Division 2)	4th	Bill Norman	Second Round	Did not exist		Lane	26
1920–21	2 (Division 2)	4th	Bill Norman	Second Round	Did not exist		Heathcote	18
1921–22	2 (Division 2)	19th	Bill Norman	First Round	Did not exist		Bedford	11
1922–23	2 (Division 2)	5th	Bill Norman	First Round	Did not exist		Bedford	32
1923–24	2 (Division 2)	4th	Major Frank Buckley	Second Round	Did not exist		Bedford	32
1924–25	2 (Division 2)	17th	Major Frank Buckley	Fourth Round	Did not exist		Bedford	24
1925–26	2 (Division 2)	6th	Major Frank Buckley	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Fishwick	19
1926–27	2 (Division 2)	9th	Major Frank Buckley	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Tremelling	30
1927–28	2 (Division 2)	19th	Sydney Beaumont	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Hampson	31
1928–29	2 (Division 2)	8th	Harry Evans^[6]	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Hampson	40
1929–30	2 (Division 2)	1st	Harry Evans	Fourth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Hampson	45
1930–31	1 (Division 1)	20th	Harry Evans	Fourth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Hampson	32
1931–32	1 (Division 1)	20th	Harry Evans	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Hampson	23
1932–33	1 (Division 1)	22nd	Harry Evans	Fifth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Hampson	18
1933–34	2 (Division 2)	11th	Sandy MacFarlane	Fourth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Hampson	13
1934–35	2 (Division 2)	4th	Sandy MacFarlane	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Hampson	20
1935–36	2 (Division 2)	10th	Joe Smith	Fourth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Finan	34
1936–37	2 (Division 2)	2nd	Joe Smith	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Finan	28
1937–38	1 (Division 1)	12th	Joe Smith	Fourth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Finan & Buchan	12
1938–39	1 (Division 1)	15th	Joe Smith	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Buchan & Dodds	10
1939–40	—^[7]		Joe Smith		Did not exist
1940–41	—^[7]		Joe Smith		Did not exist
1941–42	—^[7]		Joe Smith		Did not exist
1942–43	—^[7]		Joe Smith		Did not exist
1943–44	—^[7]		Joe Smith		Did not exist
1944–45	—^[7]		Joe Smith		Did not exist
1945–46^[8]	Football League North	9th	Joe Smith	Fourth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Mortensen	35
1946–47	1 (Division 1)	5th	Joe Smith	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Mortensen	28
1947–48	1 (Division 1)	9th	Joe Smith	Final^[5]	Did not exist		Mortensen	21
1948–49	1 (Division 1)	16th	Joe Smith	Fourth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Mortensen	18
1949–50	1 (Division 1)	7th	Joe Smith	Sixth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Mortensen	22
1950–51	1 (Division 1)	3rd	Joe Smith	Final^[5]	Did not exist		Mortensen	30
1951–52	1 (Division 1)	9th	Joe Smith	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Mortensen	26
1952–53	1 (Division 1)	7th	Joe Smith	Winners^[5]	Did not exist		Mortensen & Brown	15
1953–54	1 (Division 1)	6th	Joe Smith	Fifth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Mortensen	21
1954–55	1 (Division 1)	19th	Joe Smith	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Mortensen	11
1955–56	1 (Division 1)	2nd^[9]	Joe Smith	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Mudie	22
1956–57	1 (Division 1)	4th	Joe Smith	Fifth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Mudie	32
1957–58	1 (Division 1)	7th	Joe Smith	Third Round^[5]	Did not exist		Mudie & Perry	18
1958–59	1 (Division 1)	8th	Ron Suart	Sixth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Charnley	20
1959–60	1 (Division 1)	11th	Ron Suart	Fourth Round^[5]	Did not exist		Charnley	18
1960–61	1 (Division 1)	20th	Ron Suart	Third Round^[5]	Second Round^[10]		Charnley	27
1961–62	1 (Division 1)	13th	Ron Suart	Third Round^[5]	Semi-Finals		Charnley	30
1962–63	1 (Division 1)	13th	Ron Suart	Third Round^[5]	Second Round^[10]		Charnley	22
1963–64	1 (Division 1)	18th	Ron Suart	Third Round^[5]	Third Round^[10]		Ball	13
1964–65	1 (Division 1)	17th	Ron Suart	Third Round^[5]	Third Round^[10]		Charnley	21
1965–66	1 (Division 1)	13th	Ron Suart	Third Round^[5]	Third Round^[10]		Ball & Charnley	16
1966–67	1 (Division 1)	22nd	Ron Suart; succeeded by Stan Mortensen	Third Round^[5]	Fifth Round^[10]		Charnley	14
1967–68	2 (Division 2)	3rd	Stan Mortensen	Fourth Round^[5]	Third Round^[10]		Ingram & Skirton	17
1968–69	2 (Division 2)	8th	Stan Mortensen	Third Round^[5]	Fifth Round^[10]		Suddick	12
1969–70	2 (Division 2)	2nd	Les Shannon	Fourth Round^[5]	Third Round^[10]		Pickering	17
1970–71	1 (Division 1)	22nd	Les Shannon; succeeded by Jimmy Meadows;^[11] succeeded by Bob Stokoe	Fourth Round^[5]	Third Round^[10]	Anglo-Italian Cup: Winners	Burns	10
1971–72	2 (Division 2)	6th	Bob Stokoe	Third Round^[5]	Fifth Round^[10]		Burns	17
1972–73	2 (Division 2)	7th	Bob Stokoe; succeeded by Harry Potts	Third Round^[5]	Fifth Round^[10]		Ainscow & Suddick	10
1973–74	2 (Division 2)	5th	Harry Potts	Third Round^[5]	Second Round^[10]		Burns	14
1974–75	2 (Division 2)	7th	Harry Potts	Third Round^[5]	Second Round^[10]		Walsh	12
1975–76	2 (Division 2)	10th	Harry Potts	Fourth Round^[5]	Second Round^[10]		Walsh	17
1976–77	2 (Division 2)	5th	Allan Brown	Third Round^[5]	Third Round^[10]		Walsh	26
1977–78	2 (Division 2)	20th	Allan Brown; succeeded by Jimmy Meadows^[11]^[12]	Third Round^[5]	Second Round^[10]		Hatton	22
1978–79	3 (Division 3)	12th	Bob Stokoe^[12]	Second Round	Third Round		Spence	16
1979–80	3 (Division 3)	18th	Stan Ternent; succeeded by Alan Ball	First Round	Second Round		Kellow & McEwan	12
1980–81	3 (Division 3)	23rd	Alan Ball; succeeded by Allan Brown^[12]	Second Round	Second Round		Morris	12
1981–82	4 (Division 4)	12th	Allan Brown	Fourth Round	First Round		Bamber	15
1982–83	4 (Division 4)	21st^[13]	Sam Ellis	Second Round	Third Round		Bamber	10
1983–84	4 (Division 4)	6th	Sam Ellis	Fourth Round	First Round		Stewart	10
1984–85	4 (Division 4)	2nd	Sam Ellis	First Round	Second Round		Stonehouse	11
1985–86	3 (Division 3)	12th	Sam Ellis	Second Round	First Round		O'Keefe	17
1986–87	3 (Division 3)	9th	Sam Ellis	First Round	First Round		Stewart	21
1987–88	3 (Division 3)	10th	Sam Ellis	Fourth Round	Second Round		Taylor	21
1988–89	3 (Division 3)	19th	Sam Ellis	Third Round	Third Round		Garner	11
1989–90	3 (Division 3)	23rd	Jimmy Mullen; succeeded by Tom White^[11]	Fifth Round	Third Round		Garner	8
1990–91	4 (Division 4)	5th	Graham Carr; succeeded by Billy Ayre	Third Round	First Round		Bamber	17
1991–92^[14]	4 (Division 4)	4th^[15]	Billy Ayre	Second Round	Second Round		Bamber	28
1992–93	3 (Division 2)^[16]	18th	Billy Ayre	First Round	Second Round		Eyres	16
1993–94	3 (Division 2)	20th	Billy Ayre	First Round	Third Round		Watson	20
1994–95	3 (Division 2)	12th	Sam Allardyce	First Round	First Round		Ellis	17
1995–96	3 (Division 2)	3rd	Sam Allardyce	Third Round	First Round		Ellis & Preece	14
1996–97	3 (Division 2)	7th	Gary Megson	Second Round	Second Round		Ellis	15
1997–98	3 (Division 2)	12th	Nigel Worthington	Second Round	Second Round		Clarkson	13
1998–99	3 (Division 2)	14th	Nigel Worthington	First Round	Second Round		Clarkson	9
1999-2000	3 (Division 2)	22nd	Nigel Worthington; succeeded by Steve McMahon	Third Round	First Round		Murphy	10
2000–01	4 (Division 3)	7th^[15]	Steve McMahon	Second Round	Second Round		Murphy	18
2001–02	3 (Division 2)	16th	Steve McMahon	Third Round	Second Round		Murphy & Ormerod	13
2002–03	3 (Division 2)	13th	Steve McMahon	Third Round	First Round		Murphy	16
2003–04	3 (Division 2)	14th	Steve McMahon	Third Round	Third Round		Taylor	16
2004–05	3 (League One)^[17]	16th	Colin Hendry	Third Round	First Round		Taylor	12
2005–06	3 (League One)	19th	Colin Hendry; succeeded by Simon Grayson^[11]	First Round	Second Round		Parker	12
2006–07	3 (League One)	3rd^[15]	Simon Grayson	Fourth Round	First Round		Morrell	16
2007–08	2 (Championship)	19th	Simon Grayson	Third Round^[5]	Fourth Round		Burgess	9
2008–09	2 (Championship)	16th	Simon Grayson; succeeded by Tony Parkes^[11]	Third Round^[5]	First Round		Campbell	9
2009–10	2 (Championship)	6th^[15]	Ian Holloway	Third Round^[5]	Third Round		Adam	16
2010–11	1 (Premier League)	19th	Ian Holloway	Third Round^[5]	Second Round^[10]		Campbell	13
2011–12	2 (Championship)	5th	Ian Holloway	Fifth Round^[5]	First Round		K. Phillips	16
2012–13	2 (Championship)	15th	Ian Holloway; succeeded by Michael Appleton; succeeded by Paul Ince	Third Round^[5]	First Round		Ince	18
2013–14	2 (Championship)	20th	Paul Ince; succeeded by Barry Ferguson	Third Round^[5]	First Round		Ince	7
2014–15	2 (Championship)	24th	José Riga; succeeded by Lee Clark	Third Round^[5]	First Round		Orlandi	4
2015–16	3 (League One)	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD		TBD	TBD

Footnotes

↑ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
↑ Soccerbase.com
1 2 Joint-lowest-ever League finish (in two-division League)
1 2 3 4 Regional competitions implemented due to outbreak of World War I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 Entered competition in third round
↑ Honorary manager
1 2 3 4 5 6 Regional competitions implemented due to outbreak of World War II
↑ The 1945–46 post-War season statistics are not recognised officially.
↑ Highest-ever League finish
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Entered competition in second round
1 2 3 4 5 As caretaker-manager
1 2 3 Second time as manager
↑ Lowest-ever League finish (in four-division League)
↑ The two Football League matches against Aldershot in 1991–92 were expunged from the record books when Aldershot went out of business that season.
1 2 3 4 Promoted via play-offs
↑ After formation of the Premier League, the Football League restructured and Division Three became Division Two
↑ Divisions One, Two and Three were renamed Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two, respectively

References

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

Blackpool Football Club

Players Managers Seasons Records Honours Current season

History	1887 to 1962 1962 to present

Matches	1948 FA Cup Final 1951 FA Cup Final 1953 FA Cup Final 1971 Anglo-Italian Cup Final 2002 Football League Trophy Final 2004 Football League Trophy Final 2010 Football League Championship play-off Final

Home stadium	Raikes Hall Athletic Grounds Bloomfield Road

Rivalries	West Lancashire derby

Related articles	Blackpool Ladies Blackpool F.C.-related articles

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Blackpool F.C. seasons

1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00

1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10

1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Lists of English football seasons by club

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Burton Albion Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic

League Two	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barnet Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Carlisle United Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town York City

Non-League	Aldershot Town Alfreton Town Altrincham Arlesey Ashford United Banbury United Biggleswade Town Bradford Park Avenue Burnham Cambridge City Chippenham Town Chesham United Cirencester Town Corby Town Darlington Dartford Dover Athletic Eastbourne Borough F.C. United of Manchester Forest Green Rovers Gateshead Glossop North End Grimsby Town Harrow Borough Havant & Waterlooville Hitchin Town Kidderminster Harriers Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Maidstone United Margate Nelson Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Town Redditch Southport Tamworth Torquay United Walton & Hersham Welling United Weymouth Woking

Defunct teams	Chester City Hereford United Hinckley United Salisbury Scarborough Wimbledon Wigan Borough

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