Blackpool F.C.
1907–08 season
ManagerNone
Division Two15th
FA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Bob Whittingham (15)
All: Bob Whittingham (15)
Highest home attendance9,500 (v. Burnley)[1]
Lowest home attendance2,000 (v. Hull City)[1]

The 1907–08 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 11th season (eighth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

Bob Whittingham, signed from amateur side Goldenhill Wanderers, was the club's top scorer, with fifteen goals in his 31 league games.[2]

Season synopsis

A strong start to the season, with only one point dropped from their opening two fixtures, was tempered with a run of four consecutive defeats.

It took until the fifteenth League match — against Lincoln City at Bloomfield Road — to gain their second victory. The 4–3 scoreline included a hat-trick from William Grundy.

Nine victories in the second half of the campaign left them ten points clear of bottom club Lincoln at the season's end.

The club's FA Cup trip ended at the First Round stage, this time at Manchester United.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
13 Stockport County 38 12 8 18 48 67 0.716 32
14 Clapton Orient 38 11 10 17 40 65 0.615 32
15 Blackpool 38 11 9 18 51 58 0.879 31
16 Barnsley 38 12 6 20 54 68 0.794 30
17 Glossop 38 11 8 19 54 74 0.730 30
Source:

Player statistics

Appearances

League

Players used: 23

FA Cup

Players used: 11

Goals

League

League goals scored: 51

FA Cup

FA Cup goals scored: 1

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
1907 Bob Whittingham Goldenhill Wanderers Unknown
1907 William Weston Unknown Unknown
1907 William Fiske Unknown Unknown
1907 Horace Brindley Unknown Unknown
1907 Stephen Tillotson Unknown Unknown
1907 W.H. Reid Unknown Unknown
1907 William Birch Unknown Unknown
1907 Adam Haywood West Bromwich Albion Unknown
1907 John Waddington Unknown Unknown
1907 Horace King Unknown Unknown
1907 Ginger Owers Leyton Unknown
1907 Frederick Rose Unknown Unknown
1907 Walter Cookson Portsmouth Unknown

Out

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

Date Player To Fee
1907 Tom Wilcox Unknown Unknown
1907 E. Francis Unknown Unknown
1907 Andrew Swan Unknown Unknown
1907 William Anderton Unknown Unknown
1907 Jack Morris Unknown Unknown
1907 Levi Copestake Unknown Unknown
1907 J. Lavery Unknown Unknown
1907 Albert Dunkley Unknown Unknown
1907 Sam Johnson Unknown Unknown
1907 Bob Birkett Retired
1907 T. Bate Unknown Unknown
1907 Alf Pearson Unknown Unknown
1907 Bert Wake Unknown Unknown
1907 J. Collier Unknown Unknown
1907 Herbert Crossthwaite Fulham Unknown

Notes

  1. 1 2 Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
  2. ↑ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, Breedon Books Sport ISBN 1-873626-07-X

References

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