1953–54 Blackpool F.C. season
Season 1953-54 | |
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League | Division One |
Manager | Joe Smith |
League position | 6th |
Top goalscorer | League: Stan Mortensen (21) Combined: Stan Mortensen (22) |
FA Cup | Fifth round[1] |
Highest home attendance | |
Lowest home attendance | |
Previous season | ← 1952-53 |
Next season | 1954-55 → |
The 1953-54 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 46th season (43rd consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing sixth.
West Bromwich Albion succeeded Blackpool as the holders of the FA Cup. Blackpool were knocked out in the fifth round by Port Vale.
Stan Mortensen was the club's top scorer for the tenth consecutive season, with 22 goals (21 in the league and one in the FA Cup).
Table
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 96 | 56 | 1.714 | 57 |
2 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 86 | 63 | 1.365 | 53 |
3 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 78 | 61 | 1.279 | 51 |
4 | Manchester United | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 73 | 58 | 1.259 | 48 |
5 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 75 | 60 | 1.250 | 48 |
6 | Blackpool | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 80 | 69 | 1.159 | 48 |
7 | Burnley | 42 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 78 | 67 | 1.164 | 46 |
8 | Chelsea | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 74 | 68 | 1.088 | 44 |
9 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 75 | 77 | 0.974 | 44 |
10 | Cardiff City | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 71 | 0.718 | 44 |
11 | Preston North End | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 87 | 58 | 1.500 | 43 |
12 | Arsenal | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 75 | 73 | 1.027 | 43 |
13 | Aston Villa | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 70 | 68 | 1.029 | 41 |
14 | Portsmouth | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 81 | 89 | 0.910 | 39 |
15 | Newcastle United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 72 | 77 | 0.935 | 38 |
16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 65 | 76 | 0.855 | 37 |
17 | Manchester City | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 62 | 77 | 0.805 | 37 |
18 | Sunderland | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 81 | 89 | 0.910 | 36 |
19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 70 | 91 | 0.769 | 36 |
20 | Sheffield United | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 69 | 90 | 0.767 | 33 |
21 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 60 | 91 | 0.659 | 30 |
22 | Liverpool | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 68 | 97 | 0.701 | 28 |
Notes
- ↑ Entered competition in third round
References
- Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
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