1973–74 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1973-74
LeagueDivision Two
Manager Harry Potts
League position 5th
Top goalscorerLeague: Mickey Burns (14)
Combined: Mickey Burns (17)
FA Cup Third round[1]
League Cup Second round[2]
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season1972-73
Next season1974-75

The 1973-74 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 66th season (63rd consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifth.

This was Harry Potts' first full season in charge.

Mickey Burns was the club's top scorer, with seventeen goals (fourteen in the league and three in the League Cup).

Alan Suddick scored his 100th League goal, a penalty, in Blackpool's 3–0 victory over Preston North End at Bloomfield Road on 23 March 1974.[3]

Table

P WDLFAGAPts
1 Middlesbrough 42 27 11 4 77 30 2.567 65
2Luton Town4219121164511.25550
3Carlisle United422091361481.27149
4Orient421518955421.31048
5Blackpool4217131257401.42547
6Sunderland421991458441.31847
7Nottingham Forest4215151257431.32645
8West Bromwich Albion4214161248451.06744
9Hull City4213171246470.97943
10Notts County4215131455600.91743
11Bolton Wanderers4215121544401.10042
12Millwall4214141451511.00042
13Fulham4216101639430.90742
14Aston Villa4213151448451.06741
15Portsmouth4214121645620.72640
16Bristol City4214101847540.87038
17Cardiff City4210161649620.79036
18Oxford United4210161635460.76136
19Sheffield Wednesday4212111951630.81035
20Crystal Palace4211121943560.76834
21Preston North End429141940620.64531*
22Swindon Town427112436720.50025

* Preston North End had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

Notes

  1. Entered competition in third round
  2. Entered competition in second round
  3. The Seasiders

References

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