List of Blackpool F.C. seasons

As of 27 April 2024
A graph displaying Blackpool's finishing positions in the Football League from 1896 to the present.

This is a record of every completed season of Blackpool Football Club in English and European football, from 1896 to 1897, their first season in the Football League, to their current campaign. It details the club's achievements in major competitions and the top scorers in the League for each season.

Note: The 1945–46 post-War season statistics are not recognised officially.

Seasons

Season League FA Cup EFL Cup[a] EFL Trophy[b] Other Top scorer(s)[c]
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos
1889–90 Lancs 24 10 6 8 61 46 26 5th —
1890–91 Lancs 20 14 2 4 62 39 30 2nd —
1891–92 Lancs 22 16 3 3 74 32 35 2nd R1
1892–93 Lancs 22 17 2 3 82 31 36 2nd R1
1893–94 Lancs 22 15 3 4 73 32 33 1st —
1894–95 Lancs 26 16 2 8 89 34 34 2nd —
1895–96 Lancs 30 11 6 13 65 50 28 13th R2
1896–97 Div 2 30 13 5 12 59 56 31 8th QR5 Jack Parkinson 15
1897–98 Div 2 30 10 5 15 49 61 25 11th — Jack Cox 12
1898–99 Div 2 34 8 4 22 49 90 20 16th — Bob Birkett 15
1899–1900 Lancs 28 16 6 6 79 36 38 3rd —
1900–01 Div 2 34 12 7 15 33 58 31 12th — Bob Birkett 10
1901–02 Div 2 34 11 7 16 40 56 29 13th — Geordie Anderson 12
1902–03 Div 2 34 9 10 15 44 59 28 14th — Walter Cookson
Geordie Anderson 		8
1903–04 Div 2 34 11 5 18 40 67 27 15th — Charles Bennett 9
1904–05 Div 2 34 9 10 15 36 48 28 15th INT Edgar Chadwick 8
1905–06 Div 2 38 10 9 19 37 62 29 14th R3 Jimmy Connor
Harry Hancock
E. Francis 		6
1906–07 Div 2 38 11 11 16 33 51 33 13th R1 William Grundy 8
1907–08 Div 2 38 11 9 18 51 58 31 15th R1 Bob Whittingham 15
1908–09 Div 2 38 9 11 18 46 68 29 20th R2 Bob Whittingham 13
1909–10 Div 2 38 14 8 16 50 52 36 12th R1 Walter Miller 14
1910–11 Div 2 38 16 10 12 49 38 42 7th R1 Joe Clennell 18
1911–12 Div 2 38 13 8 17 32 52 34 14th R2 Arthur Wolstenholme 9
1912–13 Div 2 38 9 8 21 39 69 26 20th R1 George Wilson 10
1913–14 Div 2 38 9 14 15 33 44 32 16th R1 Joe Lane 11
1914–15 Div 2 38 17 5 16 58 57 39 10th R1 Joe Lane 28
No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War
1919–20 Div 2 42 21 10 11 65 47 52 4th R2 Joe Lane 26
1920–21 Div 2 42 20 10 12 54 42 50 4th R2 Jimmy Heathcote 18
1921–22 Div 2 42 15 5 22 44 57 35 19th R1 Harry Bedford 11
1922–23 Div 2 42 18 11 13 60 43 47 5th R1 Harry Bedford 32
1923–24 Div 2 42 18 13 11 72 47 49 4th R2 Harry Bedford 32
1924–25 Div 2 42 14 9 19 65 61 37 17th QF Harry Bedford 24
1925–26 Div 2 42 17 11 14 76 69 45 6th R3 Bert Fishwick 19
1926–27 Div 2 42 18 8 16 95 80 44 9th R3 Billy Tremelling 30
1927–28 Div 2 42 13 8 21 83 101 34 19th R3 Jimmy Hampson 31
1928–29 Div 2 42 19 7 16 92 76 45 8th R3 Jimmy Hampson 40
1929–30 Div 2 ↑ 42 27 4 11 98 67 58 1st R4 Jimmy Hampson 45
1930–31 Div 1 42 11 10 21 71 125 32 20th R4 Jimmy Hampson 32
1931–32 Div 1 42 12 9 21 65 102 33 20th R3 Jimmy Hampson 23
1932–33 Div 1 ↓ 42 14 5 23 69 85 33 22nd R5 Jimmy Hampson 18
1933–34 Div 2 42 15 13 14 62 64 43 11th R4 Jimmy Hampson 13
1934–35 Div 2 42 21 11 10 79 57 53 4th R3 Jimmy Hampson 20
1935–36 Div 2 42 18 7 17 93 72 43 10th R4 Bobby Finan 34
1936–37 Div 2 ↑ 42 24 7 11 88 53 55 2nd R3 Bobby Finan 28
1937–38 Div 1 42 16 8 18 61 66 40 12th R4 Bobby Finan
Willie Buchan 		12
1938–39 Div 1 42 12 14 16 56 68 38 15th R3 Willie Buchan
Jock Dodds 		10
1939–40 Div 1 3 3 0 0 5 2 6 —[d] —
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War
1945–46 FL N[e] 42 18 9 15 94 92 45 9th R4 Stan Mortensen 35
1946–47 Div 1 42 22 6 14 71 70 50 5th R3 Stan Mortensen 28
1947–48 Div 1 42 17 10 15 57 41 44 9th RU Stan Mortensen 21
1948–49 Div 1 42 11 16 15 54 67 38 16th R4 Stan Mortensen 18
1949–50 Div 1 42 17 15 10 46 35 49 7th QF Stan Mortensen 22
1950–51 Div 1 42 20 10 12 79 53 50 3rd RU Stan Mortensen 30
1951–52 Div 1 42 18 9 15 64 64 45 9th R3 Stan Mortensen 26
1952–53 Div 1 42 19 9 14 71 70 47 7th W Stan Mortensen
Allan Brown 		15
1953–54 Div 1 42 19 10 13 80 69 48 6th R5 Stan Mortensen 21
1954–55 Div 1 42 14 10 18 60 64 38 19th R3 Stan Mortensen 11
1955–56 Div 1 42 20 9 13 86 62 49 2nd[f] R3 Jackie Mudie 22
1956–57 Div 1 42 22 9 11 93 65 53 4th R5 Jackie Mudie 32
1957–58 Div 1 42 19 6 17 80 67 44 7th R3 Jackie Mudie
Bill Perry 		18
1958–59 Div 1 42 18 11 13 66 49 47 8th QF Ray Charnley 20
1959–60 Div 1 42 15 10 17 59 71 40 11th R4 Ray Charnley 18
1960–61 Div 1 42 12 9 21 68 73 33 20th R3 R2 Ray Charnley 27
1961–62 Div 1 42 15 11 16 70 75 41 13th R3 SF Ray Charnley 30
1962–63 Div 1 42 13 14 15 58 64 40 13th R3 R2 Ray Charnley 22
1963–64 Div 1 42 13 9 20 52 73 35 18th R3 R3 Alan Ball Jr. 13
1964–65 Div 1 42 12 11 19 67 78 35 17th R3 R3 Ray Charnley 21
1965–66 Div 1 42 14 9 19 55 65 37 13th R3 R3 Alan Ball Jr.
Ray Charnley 		16
1966–67 Div 1 ↓ 42 6 9 27 41 76 21 22nd R3 QF Ray Charnley 14
1967–68 Div 2 42 24 10 8 71 43 58 3rd R4 R3 Gerry Ingram
Alan Skirton 		17
1968–69 Div 2 42 14 15 13 51 41 43 8th R3 QF Alan Suddick 12
1969–70 Div 2 ↑ 42 20 13 9 56 45 53 2nd R4 R3 Fred Pickering 17
1970–71 Div 1 ↓ 42 4 15 23 34 66 23 22nd R4 R3 Anglo-Italian Cup W Micky Burns 10
1971–72 Div 2 42 20 7 15 70 50 47 6th R3 QF Micky Burns 17
1972–73 Div 2 42 18 10 14 56 51 46 7th R3 QF Alan Ainscow
Alan Suddick 		10
1973–74 Div 2 42 17 13 12 57 40 47 5th R3 R2 Micky Burns 14
1974–75 Div 2 42 14 17 11 38 33 45 7th R3 R2 Mickey Walsh 12
1975–76 Div 2 42 14 14 14 40 49 42 10th R4 R2 Anglo-Scottish Cup GS Mickey Walsh 17
1976–77 Div 2 42 17 17 8 58 42 51 5th R3 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup GS Mickey Walsh 26
1977–78 Div 2 ↓ 42 12 13 17 59 60 37 20th R3 R2 Anglo-Scottish Cup GS Bob Hatton 22
1978–79 Div 3 46 18 9 19 61 59 45 12th R2 R3 Anglo-Scottish Cup GS Derek Spence 16
1979–80 Div 3 46 15 11 20 62 74 41 18th R1 R2 Tony Kellow
Stan McEwan 		12
1980–81 Div 3 ↓ 46 9 14 23 45 75 32 23rd R2 R2 Colin Morris 12
1981–82 Div 4 46 15 13 18 66 60 58[g] 12th R4 R1 Dave Bamber 15
1982–83 Div 4 46 13 12 21 55 74 49[h] 21st[i] R3 R3 Dave Bamber 10
1983–84 Div 4 46 21 9 16 70 52 72 6th R4 R1 R1(N) Paul Stewart 10
1984–85 Div 4 ↑ 46 24 14 8 73 39 86 2nd R1 R2 R1(N) Kevin Stonehouse 11
1985–86 Div 3 46 17 12 17 66 55 63 12th R2 R1 PR(N) Eamon O'Keefe 17
1986–87 Div 3 46 16 16 14 74 59 64 9th R1 R1 PR(N) Paul Stewart 21
1987–88 Div 3 46 17 14 15 71 62 65 10th R4 R2 PR(N) Mark Taylor 21
1988–89 Div 3 46 14 13 19 56 59 55 19th R3 R3 F(N) Andy Garner 11
1989–90 Div 3 ↓ 46 10 16 20 49 73 46 23rd R5 R3 R1(N) Andy Garner 8
1990–91 Div 4 46 23 10 13 78 47 79 5th R3 R1 QF(N) League play-offs RU Dave Bamber 17
1991–92 Div 4 ↑ 42[j] 22 10 10 71 45 76 4th R2 R2 R1(N) League play-offs W Dave Bamber 28
1992–93 Div 2[k] 46 12 15 19 63 75 51 18th R1 R2 R2(N) David Eyres 16
1993–94 Div 2 46 16 5 25 63 75 53 20th R1 R3 R1(N) Andy Watson 20
1994–95 Div 2 46 18 10 18 64 70 64 12th R1 R1 R1(N) Tony Ellis 17
1995–96 Div 2 46 23 13 10 67 40 82 3rd R3 R1 QF(N) League play-offs SF Tony Ellis
Andy Preece 		14
1996–97 Div 2 46 18 15 13 60 47 69 7th R2 R2 QF(N) Tony Ellis 15
1997–98 Div 2 46 17 11 18 59 67 62 12th R2 R2 SF(N) Phil Clarkson 13
1998–99 Div 2 46 14 14 18 44 54 56 14th R1 R2 R1(N) Phil Clarkson 9
1999–2000 Div 2 ↓ 46 8 17 21 49 77 41 22nd R3 R1 QF(N) John Murphy 10
2000–01 Div 3 ↑ 46 22 6 18 74 58 72 7th R2 R2 R2(N) League play-offs W John Murphy 18
2001–02 Div 2 46 14 14 18 66 69 56 16th R3 R2 W John Murphy
Brett Ormerod 		13
2002–03 Div 2 46 15 13 18 56 64 58 13th R3 R1 R2(N) John Murphy 16
2003–04 Div 2 46 16 11 19 58 65 59 14th R3 R3 W Scott Taylor 16
2004–05 Lge 1[l] 46 15 12 19 54 59 57 16th R3 R1 QF(N) Scott Taylor 12
2005–06 Lge 1 46 12 17 17 56 64 53 19th R1 R2 R2(N) Keigan Parker 12
2006–07 Lge 1 ↑ 46 24 11 11 76 49 83 3rd R4 R1 R2(N) League play-offs W Andy Morrell 16
2007–08 Champ 46 12 18 16 59 64 54 19th R3 R4 — Ben Burgess 9
2008–09 Champ 46 13 17 16 47 58 56 16th R3 R1 — DJ Campbell 9
2009–10 Champ ↑ 46 19 13 14 74 58 70 6th R3 R3 — League play-offs W Charlie Adam 16
2010–11 Prem ↓ 38 10 9 19 55 78 39 19th R3 R2 — DJ Campbell 13
2011–12 Champ 46 20 15 11 79 59 75 5th R5 R1 — League play-offs RU Kevin Phillips 16
2012–13 Champ 46 14 17 15 62 63 59 15th R3 R1 — Tom Ince 18
2013–14 Champ 46 11 13 22 38 66 46 20th R3 R1 — Tom Ince 7
2014–15 Champ ↓ 46 4 14 28 36 91 26 24th R3 R1 — Andrea Orlandi 4
2015–16 Lge 1 ↓ 46 12 10 24 40 63 46 22nd R1 R1 QF(N) Mark Cullen 9
2016–17 Lge 2 ↑ 46 18 16 12 69 46 70 7th R4 R2 R3 League play-offs W Mark Cullen 13
2017–18 Lge 1 46 15 15 16 60 55 60 12th R1 R1 R3 Kyle Vassell 11
2018–19 Lge 1 46 15 17 14 50 52 62 10th R3 R4 GS Armand Gnanduillet 10
2019–20 Lge 1 35 11 12 12 44 43 45 13th[m] R3 R1 R2 Armand Gnanduillet 15
2020–21 Lge 1 ↑ 46 23 11 12 60 37 80 3rd R4 R1 R2 League play-offs W Jerry Yates 20
2021–22 Champ 46 16 12 18 54 58 60 16th R3 R2 — Shayne Lavery 10
2022–23 Champ ↓ 46 11 11 24 48 72 44 23rd R4 R1 — Jerry Yates 15
2023–24 Lge 1 46 21 10 15 65 84 73 8th R3 R2 SF Jordan Rhodes 15

Key

Champions Runners-up Promoted ↑ Relegated ↓

Footnotes

  1. ^ The EFL Cup was first contested in the 1960–61 season.
  2. ^ The EFL Trophy was first contested in the 1983–84 season.
  3. ^ League goals only.
  4. ^ The 1939–40 season was abandoned due to the outbreak of the Second World War. Regional competitions were implemented during this time.
  5. ^ The 1945–46 post-War season statistics are not recognised officially.
  6. ^ Highest-ever League finish.
  7. ^ The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win.
  8. ^ Deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player.
  9. ^ Lowest-ever League finish.
  10. ^ The two Football League matches against Aldershot in 1991–92 were expunged from the record books when Aldershot went out of business that season.
  11. ^ After formation of the Premier League, the Football League restructured and Division Three became Division Two.
  12. ^ Divisions One, Two and Three were renamed Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two, respectively.
  13. ^ The 2019–20 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league positions decided on a points-per-game basis. Blackpool averaged 1.29 points from 35 games.

References

General
  • Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 978-18-73626-07-8.
  • "Blackpool". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  • Soccerbase.com
Specific