1908–09_Blackpool_F.C._season

1908–09 Blackpool F.C. season

1908–09 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C. 1908–09 football season

The 1908–09 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 12th season (ninth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing bottom. The club's application for re-election was successful.

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Bob Whittingham top-scored for the second consecutive season. He achieved the feat despite his leaving the club for Bradford City in January.

Season synopsis

Blackpool were undefeated in their first five league games, a sequence that included two victories. Their first turnover, a 0–4 scoreline, occurred at Barnsley on 3 October.[2] They failed to win away from Bloomfield Road in the League; a record that would not be equalled for 106 years.[3]

Only seven more victories ensued in their 31 remaining league games,[2] which largely accounted for their lowly finishing position. Of the eleven league games in which Bob Whittingham scored, Blackpool won four, drew five and lost two. After his departure, they only won three of their remaining sixteen games.[2]

The club's FA Cup run ended at the second-round stage, with a 2–1 defeat at Newcastle United on 6 February. They defeated Hastings & St Leonards United 2–0 in the first round.

Table

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Notes:
  1. New club in the league
  2. Chesterfield failed re-election, and Lincoln City were re-admitted to the Football League in their place, after a season away.

Player statistics

Appearances

League

  • Fiske – 37
  • Crewdson – 36
  • Connor – 35
  • Beare – 33
  • Baddeley – 32
  • Threlfall – 28
  • Parkinson – 26
  • Whittingham, S. – 23
  • Whittingham, B. – 22
  • Grundy – 21
  • Scott – 20
  • Weston – 20
  • Reid – 16
  • Clarke – 11
  • Dawson – 9
  • Lyon – 8
  • Swan – 7
  • Walker – 7
  • Whiteside – 6
  • Whalley – 5
  • Miller – 4
  • Tonge – 4
  • Bradshaw – 2
  • Gladwin – 2
  • Latheron – 1
  • Stephenson – 1
  • Sterling – 1
  • Tillotson – 1

Players used: 28

FA Cup

  • Baddeley – 2
  • Beare – 2
  • Connor – 2
  • Crewdson – 2
  • Fiske – 2
  • Parkinson – 2
  • Scott – 2
  • Gillibrand – 1
  • Lyon – 1
  • Reid – 1
  • Swan – 1
  • Threlfall – 1
  • Weston – 1
  • Whalley – 1
  • Whittingham, S. – 1

Players used: 15

Goals

League

  • Whittingham, B. – 13
  • Beare – 8
  • Grundy – 8
  • Weston – 4
  • Baddeley – 3
  • Walker – 3
  • Lyon – 2
  • Reid – 2
  • Whalley – 2
  • Swan – 1

League goals scored: 46

FA Cup

  • Threlfall – 1
  • Whalley – 1
  • Weston – 1

FA Cup goals scored: 3

Transfers

In

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Out

The following players left after the final game of the previous season:

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
  2. [2]
    Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, p. 192, Breedon Books Sport
  3. [3]
    "Clark’s questions after matching 106 year record" - Blackpool Gazette, 27 April 2015

References

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