1909–10 Blackpool F.C. season

The 1909–10 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 13th season (tenth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twelfth.

Blackpool F.C.

1909–10 season
Manager	Jack Cox (player-manager)
Division Two	12th
FA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Walter Miller (14) All: Walter Miller (14)
Highest home attendance	10,000 (v. Burnley)[1]
Lowest home attendance	2,000 (v. Birmingham City)[1]
← 1908–09 1910–11 →

Jack Cox took on the role of player-manager for the first time, succeeding club secretary Tom Barcroft.

Walter Miller was the club's top scorer, with fourteen goals, including a hat-trick against Leeds City at Bloomfield Road on New Year's Day, 1910.^[2]

Season synopsis

Blackpool won four of their opening five league games, before failing to win any of the six games to follow. Another sequence of note was a four-game win streak between 26 March and 16 April, which assisted in their mid-table finish. In addition, they beat and drew their two matches against the eventual champions, Manchester City.

The club's FA Cup campaign ended at the first-round stage. After drawing 1–1 with Barnsley at Bloomfield Road on 15 January, they lost the replay 0–6.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
10	Bradford Park Avenue	38	17	4	17	64	59	1.085	38
11	West Bromwich Albion	38	16	5	17	58	56	1.036	37
12	Blackpool	38	14	8	16	50	52	0.962	36
13	Stockport County	38	13	8	17	50	47	1.064	34
14	Burnley	38	14	6	18	62	61	1.016	34

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Player statistics

Appearances

League

• Fiske – 38^[3]
• Crewdson – 10
• Whittingham – 25
• Threlfall – 31
• Connor – 35
• Clarke – 38
• Morley – 32
• Beare – 34
• Miller – 31
• Elmore – 34
• Dawson – 13
• Gladwin – 16
• Cox – 25
• Drain – 4
• Burt – 6
• Evans – 4
• Goulding – 13
• Didymus – 3
• Shaw – 2
• Bradshaw – 2
• Wolstenholme – 9
• Dale – 12
• Hoad – 1

Players used: 23

FA Cup

• Fiske – 2
• Whittingham – 2
• Threlfall – 2
• Connor – 2
• Clarke – 2
• Beare – 2
• Miller – 2
• Dawson – 2
• Gladwin – 1
• Goulding – 1
• Wolstenholme – 2
• Hoad – 2

Players used: 12

Goals

League

• Miller – 14
• Beare – 9
• Morley – 7
• Elmore – 6
• Connor – 4
• Dawson – 4
• Cox – 3
• Burt – 2
• Wolstenholme – 1

League goals scored: 50

FA Cup

• Wolstenholme – 1

FA Cup goals scored: 1

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee

Out

Date	Player	From	Fee

Notes

1. Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
2. Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, Breedon Books Sport ISBN 1-873626-07-X
3. Ever-present in League and Cup games

References

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