1906–07 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1906-07
League	Division Two
Manager	None
League position	13th
Top goalscorer	League: William Grundy (8) Combined: William Grundy (8)
FA Cup	First round
Highest home attendance	7,000 (v. Burnley)^[1]
Lowest home attendance	1,000 (v. Leeds United)^[1]
Previous season	← 1905-06
Next season	1907-08 →

The 1906-07 season was Blackpool F.C.'s tenth season (seventh consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.

William Grundy, a new signing from Huddersfield Town, was the club's top scorer, with eight goals.

Season synopsis

It took nine games for the Seasiders to chalk up their first victory. It occurred on 20 October at home to Glossop Town. Only three more wins were procured before the end of the year.

Of the eighteen fixtures that took place in 1907, Blackpool won seven, drew six and lost five.

Blackpool's FA Cup campaign ended where it started: at West Ham United in the First Round.

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Nottingham Forest	38	28	4	6	74	36	2.056	60
2	Chelsea	38	26	5	7	80	34	2.353	57
3	Leicester Fosse	38	20	8	10	62	39	1.590	48
4	West Bromwich Albion	38	21	5	12	83	45	1.844	47
5	Bradford City	38	21	5	12	70	53	1.321	47
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	17	7	14	66	53	1.245	41
7	Burnley	38	17	6	15	62	47	1.319	40
8	Barnsley	38	15	8	15	73	55	1.327	38
9	Hull City	38	15	7	16	65	57	1.140	37
10	Leeds City	38	13	10	15	55	63	0.873	36
11	Grimsby Town	38	16	3	19	57	62	0.919	35
12	Stockport County	38	12	11	15	42	52	0.808	35
13	Blackpool	38	11	11	16	33	51	0.647	33
14	Gainsborough Trinity	38	14	5	19	45	72	0.625	33
15	Glossop North End	38	13	6	19	53	79	0.671	32
16	Burslem Port Vale^[2]	38	12	7	19	60	83	0.723	31
17	Clapton Orient	38	11	8	19	45	67	0.672	30
18	Chesterfield	38	11	7	20	50	66	0.758	29
19	Lincoln City	38	12	4	22	46	73	0.630	28
20	Burton United^[3]	38	8	7	23	34	68	0.500	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

Tom Wilcox – 37
Jack Scott – 34
Edward Threlfall – 36
T. Clarke – 34
Jack Parkinson – 31
Bob Crewdson – 29
J. Gow – 26
E. Francis – 23
Andrew Swan – 19
William Anderton – 18
Jack Morris – 17
Levi Copestake – 17
William Grundy – 16
J. Lavery – 16
Albert Dunkley – 15
Jimmy Connor – 13
Sam Johnson – 9
Hugh Rimmer – 7
Bob Birkett – 4
T. Bate – 4
Alf Pearson – 4
Bert Wake – 3
J. Collier – 2
W. Lowe – 2
Herbert Crossthwaite – 1

Players used: 25

FA Cup

T. Clarke – 1
Jimmy Connor – 1
Bob Crewdson – 1
Albert Dunkley – 1
E. Francis – 1
J. Gow – 1
William Grundy – 1
Jack Parkinson – 1
Jack Scott – 1
Edward Threlfall – 1
Tom Wilcox – 1

Players used: 11

Goals

League

William Grundy – 8
E. Francis – 5
Jimmy Connor – 4
Jack Morris – 4
Albert Dunkley – 3
Edward Threlfall – 3
William Anderton – 2
Jack Scott – 2
Levi Copestake – 1

League goals scored: 32 (plus one own-goal)

FA Cup

Jack Parkinson – 1

FA Cup goals scored: 1

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
1906	Tom Wilcox	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Albert Dunkley	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Hugh Rimmer	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Andrew Swan	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Bert Wake	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Herbert Crossthwaite	Preston North End	Unknown
1906	T. Clake	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Alf Pearson	Unknown	Unknown
1906	J. Collier	Unknown	Unknown
1906	William Grundy	Huddersfield Town	Unknown

Out

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

Date	Player	To	Fee
1906	Thomas Bate	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Arthur Hull	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Harry Hancock	Oldham Athletic	Unknown
1906	Thomas Duckworth	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Luke Raisbeck	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Charles Bennett	Unknown	Unknown
1906	J. Hollingworth	Unknown	Unknown
1906	E. Darlington	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Robert Topping	Unknown	Unknown
1906	Albert Brown	Retired
1906	C. Sanderson	Unknown	Unknown
1906	James Reilly	Unknown	Unknown
1906	John Jones	Unknown	Unknown
1906	C. Musgrove	Unknown	Unknown

Notes

1 2 Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
↑ Resigned from the Football League due to financial difficulties
↑ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League. Disbanded in 1910

References

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

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