1911–12 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1911-12
League	Division Two
Manager	None
League position	14th
Top goalscorer	League: Arthur Wolstenholme (9) Combined: Arthur Wolstenholme (10)
FA Cup	Second round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1910-11
Next season	1912-13 →

The 1911-12 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 15th season (12th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fourteenth.

Arthur Wolstenholme was the club's top scorer, with ten goals (nine in the league and one in the FA Cup).

Season synopsis

Inconsistency throughout Blackpool's league season saw three straight defeats in their second, third and fourth outings, followed by three victories. Four defeats in a row occurred between 10 February and 2 March, with only one goal scored in their favour.

After two first-round replays against Crewe Alexandra (the first being abandoned after 61 minutes) in the FA Cup, Blackpool were knocked out at Bolton Wanderers in round two.

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Derby County	38	23	8	7	74	28	2.643	54
2	Chelsea	38	24	6	8	64	34	1.882	54
3	Burnley	38	22	8	8	77	41	1.878	52
4	Clapton Orient	38	21	3	14	61	44	1.386	45
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	16	10	12	57	33	1.727	42
6	Barnsley	38	15	12	11	45	42	1.071	42
7	Hull City	38	17	8	13	54	51	1.059	42
8	Fulham	38	16	7	15	66	58	1.138	39
9	Grimsby Town	38	15	9	14	48	55	0.873	39
10	Leicester Fosse	38	15	7	16	49	66	0.742	37
11	Bradford Park Avenue	38	13	9	16	44	45	0.978	35
12	Birmingham	38	14	6	18	55	59	0.932	34
13	Bristol City	38	14	6	18	41	60	0.683	34
14	Blackpool	38	13	8	17	32	52	0.615	34
15	Nottingham Forest	38	13	7	18	46	48	0.958	33
16	Stockport County	38	11	11	16	47	54	0.870	33
17	Huddersfield Town	38	13	6	19	50	64	0.781	32
18	Glossop	38	8	12	18	42	56	0.750	28
19	Leeds City	38	10	8	20	50	78	0.641	28
20	Gainsborough Trinity^[1]	38	5	13	20	30	64	0.469	23

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 – 32
Crewdson – 35
Gladwin – 26
Thorpe – 38^[2]
Connor – 38^[2]
Evans – 18
Morley – 21
Wolstenholme – 31
Milne – 21
Metcalfe – 3
Nesbitt – 12
Cahill – 21
Clarke, W – 6
Owen – 2
Quinn – 27
Dale – 14
Downhall – 1
Cowie – 3
Dollins – 5
Cox – 15
Bradshaw – 17
Kidd – 6
Bainbridge – 10
Clarke, T – 2
Mitchell – 3
Wilson – 9
Spencer – 1
Howard – 1

Players used: 28

FA Cup

Fiske – 2
Crewdson – 4
Gladwin – 4
Thorpe – 4
Connor – 4
Morley – 2
Wolstenholme – 2
Milne – 1
Cahill – 4
Clarke, W – 1
Quinn – 3
Cowie – 2
Cox – 3
Bradshaw – 4
Kidd – 2
Bainbridge – 2

Players used: 16

Goals

League

Wolstenholme – 9
Milne – 6
Morley – 4
Nesbitt – 4
Quinn – 3
Connor – 2
Clarke, W – 1
Thorpe – 1
Wilson – 1

League goals scored: 31 (plus one own-goal)

FA Cup

Bainbridge – 1
Cowie – 1
Milne – 1
Quinn – 1
Wolstenholme – 1

FA Cup goals scored: 5

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee

Out

Date	Player	From	Fee

Notes

↑ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League. This was their last-ever season of League football.
1 2 Ever-present

References

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

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