1908–09 Blackpool F.C. season

The 1908–09 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 12th season (ninth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing bottom. The club's application for re-election was successful.

Blackpool F.C.
1908–09 season
ManagerNone
Division Two20th (bottom)
FA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Bob Whittingham (13)
All: Bob Whittingham (13)
Highest home attendance10,000 (v. Oldham)[1]
Lowest home attendance2,000 (v. Gainsborough Trinity and Chesterfield)[1]

Bob Whittingham top-scored for the second consecutive season. He achieved the feat despite his leaving the club for Bradford City in January.

Season synopsis

Blackpool were undefeated in their first five league games, a sequence that included two victories. Their first turnover, a 0–4 scoreline, occurred at Barnsley on 3 October.[2] They failed to win away from Bloomfield Road in the League; a record that would not be equalled for 106 years.[3]

Only seven more victories ensued in their 31 remaining league games,[2] which largely accounted for their lowly finishing position. Of the eleven league games in which Bob Whittingham scored, Blackpool won four, drew five and lost two. After his departure, they only won three of their remaining sixteen games.[2]

The club's FA Cup run ended at the second-round stage, with a 2–1 defeat at Newcastle United on 6 February. They defeated Hastings & St Leonards United 2–0 in the first round.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
16 Bradford Park Avenue[lower-alpha 1] 38 13 6 19 51 59 0.864 32
17 Barnsley 38 11 10 17 48 57 0.842 32
18 Stockport County 38 14 3 21 39 71 0.549 31 Re-elected
19 Chesterfield Town[lower-alpha 2] 38 11 8 19 37 67 0.552 30 Failed re-election
20 Blackpool 38 9 11 18 46 68 0.676 29 Re-elected
Source:
Notes:
  1. New club in the league
  2. Chesterfield failed re-election, and Lincoln City were re-admitted to the Football League in their place, after a season away.

Player statistics

League
  • Fiske – 37
  • Crewdson – 36
  • Connor – 35
  • Beare – 33
  • Baddeley – 32
  • Threlfall – 28
  • Parkinson – 26
  • Whittingham, S. – 23
  • Whittingham, B. – 22
  • Grundy – 21
  • Scott – 20
  • Weston – 20
  • Reid – 16
  • Clarke – 11
  • Dawson – 9
  • Lyon – 8
  • Swan – 7
  • Walker – 7
  • Whiteside – 6
  • Whalley – 5
  • Miller – 4
  • Tonge – 4
  • Bradshaw – 2
  • Gladwin – 2
  • Latheron – 1
  • Stephenson – 1
  • Sterling – 1
  • Tillotson – 1

Players used: 28

FA Cup
  • Baddeley – 2
  • Beare – 2
  • Connor – 2
  • Crewdson – 2
  • Fiske – 2
  • Parkinson – 2
  • Scott – 2
  • Gillibrand – 1
  • Lyon – 1
  • Reid – 1
  • Swan – 1
  • Threlfall – 1
  • Weston – 1
  • Whalley – 1
  • Whittingham, S. – 1

Players used: 15

League
  • Whittingham, B. – 13
  • Beare – 8
  • Grundy – 8
  • Weston – 4
  • Baddeley – 3
  • Walker – 3
  • Lyon – 2
  • Reid – 2
  • Whalley – 2
  • Swan – 1

League goals scored: 46

FA Cup
  • Threlfall – 1
  • Whalley – 1
  • Weston – 1

FA Cup goals scored: 3

Transfers

In
Date Player From Fee
1907 Sam Whittingham Crewe Alexandra
1908 Amos Baddeley Stoke City
1908 Eddie Whiteside
1908 P.C. Miller
1908 Herbert Lyon Swindon Town
1908 Eddie Latheron Guest
1908 Andrew Swan
1908 C. Stephenson
1908 Thomas Walker
1908 Charles Gladwin
1908 Arthur Whalley
1908 Benjamin Tonge
1908 R.L. Sterling
1908 Harry Dawson Everton
1908 Richard Bradshaw
1908 Charles Gillibrand

Out

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

Date Player To Fee
1907 Ginger Owers West Bromwich Albion
1907 Horace King
1907 Horace Brindley Crewe Alexandra
1907 W. Lowe
1907 Frederick Rose
1907 J. Gow
1908 Walter Cookson Retired
1908 Hugh Rimmer
1908 Fred Heywood
1908 John Waddington
1908 William Birch Nottingham Forest

Notes
  1. Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
  2. Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, p. 192, Breedon Books Sport
  3. "Clark’s questions after matching 106 year record" - Blackpool Gazette, 27 April 2015

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