1907–08 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1907-08
LeagueDivision Two
ManagerNone
League position15th
Top goalscorerLeague: Bob Whittingham (15)
Combined: Bob Whittingham (15)
FA CupFirst round
Highest home attendance9,500 (v. Burnley)[1]
Lowest home attendance2,000 (v. Hull City)[1]
Previous season1906-07
Next season1908-09

The 1907-08 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 11th season (eighth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

Bob Whittingham, signed from amateur side Goldenhill Wanderers, was the club's top scorer, with fifteen goals in his 31 league games.[2]

Season synopsis

A strong start to the season, with only one point dropped from their opening two fixtures, was tempered with a run of four consecutive defeats.

It took until the fifteenth League match — against Lincoln City at Bloomfield Road — to gain their second victory. The 4–3 scoreline included a hat-trick from William Grundy.

Nine victories in the second half of the campaign left them ten points clear of bottom club Lincoln at the season's end.

The club's FA Cup trip ended at the First Round stage, this time at Manchester United.

Table

P WDLFAGAPts
1 Bradford City 38 24 6 8 90 42 2.143 54
2Leicester Fosse382110772471.53252
3Oldham Athletic382261076421.81050
4Fulham382251182491.67349
5West Bromwich Albion381991061391.56447
6Derby County382141377451.71146
7Burnley382061267501.34046
8Hull City382141373621.17746
9Wolverhampton Wanderers381571650451.11137
10Stoke[3]381651757521.09637
11Gainsborough Trinity381471747710.66235
12Leeds City381281853650.81532
13Stockport County381281848670.71632
14Clapton Orient3811101740650.61532
15Blackpool381191851580.87931
16Barnsley381262054680.79430
17Glossop381181954740.73030
18Grimsby Town381181943710.60630
19Chesterfield386112146920.50023
20Lincoln City[4]38932646830.55421

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

Players used: 23

FA Cup

Players used: 11

Goals

League

League goals scored: 51

FA Cup

FA Cup goals scored: 1

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
1907 Bob Whittingham Goldenhill Wanderers Unknown
1907 William Weston Unknown Unknown
1907 William Fiske Unknown Unknown
1907 Horace Brindley Unknown Unknown
1907 Stephen Tillotson Unknown Unknown
1907 W.H. Reid Unknown Unknown
1907 William Birch Unknown Unknown
1907 Adam Haywood West Bromwich Albion Unknown
1907 John Waddington Unknown Unknown
1907 Horace King Unknown Unknown
1907 Ginger Owers Leyton Unknown
1907 Frederick Rose Unknown Unknown
1907 Walter Cookson Portsmouth Unknown

Out

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

Date Player To Fee
1907 Tom Wilcox Unknown Unknown
1907 E. Francis Unknown Unknown
1907 Andrew Swan Unknown Unknown
1907 William Anderton Unknown Unknown
1907 Jack Morris Unknown Unknown
1907 Levi Copestake Unknown Unknown
1907 J. Lavery Unknown Unknown
1907 Albert Dunkley Unknown Unknown
1907 Sam Johnson Unknown Unknown
1907 Bob Birkett Retired
1907 T. Bate Unknown Unknown
1907 Alf Pearson Unknown Unknown
1907 Bert Wake Unknown Unknown
1907 J. Collier Unknown Unknown
1907 Herbert Crossthwaite Fulham Unknown

Notes

  1. 1 2 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. Resigned from the Football League due to financial difficulties
  4. Failed to be re-elected to the Football League

References

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