1927–28 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1927-28
LeagueDivision Two
ManagerSydney Beaumont
League position19th
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Hampson (31)
Combined: Jimmy Hampson (31)
FA CupThird round[1]
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season1926-27
Next season1928-29

The 1927-28 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 27th season (24th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing nineteenth.

Sydney Beaumont became the club's new manager prior to the start of the season, succeeding Major Frank Buckley.

Jimmy Hampson was the club's top scorer, with 31 goals, including four goals against Nottingham Forest at Bloomfield Road on 24 March 1928, Blackpool winning 5–3. He also scored two hat-tricks: one at Wolves on 26 November 1927, and one at home to Fulham on 5 May 1928, the final day of the season. Two other players also scored hat-tricks during the season: Tommy Browell, in a 6–2 victory over Bristol City at Bloomfield Road, and Bert Fishwick, in a 3–1 victory at home to Reading.

A milestone occurred on Christmas Eve, when Blackpool played their 1,000th Football League game, at Fulham.[2]

Season synopsis

It took until the seventh game (after a run of five consecutive defeats) for Blackpool to chalk up their first victory, a 6–2 scoreline at home to Bristol City. Tommy Browell scored a hat-trick, while Albert Watson, Sidney Tufnell and Horace Williams netted one each.

They were victorious in only three further games before Christmas, at which point they had accrued just thirteen points.

1928 saw a slight improvement, with eight victories, which kept them just clear of relegation.

Their FA Cup campaign started and ended at the Third Round stage with a 4–1 home defeat by Oldham Athletic.

Squad

Table

P WDLFAGAPts
1 Manchester City 42 25 9 8 100 59 1.695 59
2Leeds United422571098492.00057
3Chelsea422381175451.66754
4Preston North End4222911100661.51553
5Stoke City422281278591.32252
6Swansea City4218121275631.19048
7Oldham Athletic421981575511.47146
8West Bromwich Albion4217121390701.28646
9Port Vale421881668571.19344
10Nottingham Forest4215101783840.98840
11Grimsby Town4214121669830.83140
12Bristol City421591876790.96239
13Barnsley4214111765850.76539
14Hull City4212151541540.75939
15Notts County4213121768740.91938
16Wolverhampton Wanderers4213101963910.69236
17Southampton421472168770.88335
18Reading4211131853750.70735
19Blackpool4213821831010.82234
20Clapton Orient4211121955850.64734
21Fulham421372268890.76433
22South Shields427926561110.50523

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee

Out

Date Player From Fee

Notes

  1. Entered competition in third round
  2. Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, p.230

References

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