Blackpool F.C. 1909–10 football season
The 1909–10 season was Blackpool F.C. ' s 13th season (tenth consecutive) in the Football League . They competed in the twenty-team Division Two , then the second tier of English football , finishing twelfth.
Jack Cox took on the role of player-manager for the first time, succeeding club secretary Tom Barcroft .
Walter Miller was the club's top scorer, with fourteen goals, including a hat-trick against Leeds City at Bloomfield Road on New Year's Day , 1910.[ 2]
Season synopsis
Blackpool won four of their opening five league games, before failing to win any of the six games to follow. Another sequence of note was a four-game win streak between 26 March and 16 April, which assisted in their mid-table finish. In addition, they beat and drew their two matches against the eventual champions, Manchester City .
The club's FA Cup campaign ended at the first-round stage. After drawing 1–1 with Barnsley at Bloomfield Road on 15 January, they lost the replay 0–6.
Table
Player statistics
Appearances
League
Fiske – 38[ 3]
Crewdson – 10
Whittingham – 25
Threlfall – 31
Connor – 35
Clarke – 38
Morley – 32
Beare – 34
Miller – 31
Elmore – 34
Dawson – 13
Gladwin – 16
Cox – 25
Drain – 4
Burt – 6
Evans – 4
Goulding – 13
Didymus – 3
Shaw – 2
Bradshaw – 2
Wolstenholme – 9
Dale – 12
Hoad – 1
Players used: 23
FA Cup
Fiske – 2
Whittingham – 2
Threlfall – 2
Connor – 2
Clarke – 2
Beare – 2
Miller – 2
Dawson – 2
Gladwin – 1
Goulding – 1
Wolstenholme – 2
Hoad – 2
Players used: 12
Goals
League
Miller – 14
Beare – 9
Morley – 7
Elmore – 6
Connor – 4
Dawson – 4
Cox – 3
Burt – 2
Wolstenholme – 1
League goals scored: 50
FA Cup
FA Cup goals scored: 1
Transfers
In
Out
Notes
^ a b Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
^ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992 , Breedon Books Sport ISBN 1-873626-07-X
^ Ever-present in League and Cup games
References
Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992 . Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X .