Blackpool F.C. season 1904-05
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| Season 1904-05 1904-05 in English football The 1904–05 season was the 34th season of competitive football in England.-Events:Stockport County were replaced by Doncaster Rovers in the Second Division.... |
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| League | Division Two Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams... |
| Manager | None |
| League position | 15th |
| Top goalscorer | League: Edgar Chadwick Edgar Chadwick Edgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s... (8) Combined: Edgar Chadwick Edgar Chadwick Edgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s... (8) |
| FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... |
First round |
| Highest home attendance | 9,500 (v. Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001.... ) |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,400 (v. Burslem Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as... ) |
| Previous season | ← 1903-04 Blackpool F.C. season 1903-04 The 1903-04 season was Blackpool F.C.s seventh season in the Football League. They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.... |
| Next season | 1905-06 Blackpool F.C. season 1905-06 The 1905-06 season was Blackpool F.C.s ninth season in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fourteenth.... → |
The 1904-05
1904-05 in English football
The 1904–05 season was the 34th season of competitive football in England.-Events:Stockport County were replaced by Doncaster Rovers in the Second Division....
season was Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
's eighth season (fifth consecutive) in the Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
. They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
, then the second tier of English football
Football in England
Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...
, finishing fifteenth.
New signings included Edgar Chadwick
Edgar Chadwick
Edgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s...
, from Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
, Bob Crewdson
Bob Crewdson
Bob "Robert" Crewdson was an English professional footballer. He spent nine years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over 200 Football League appearances for the club...
, who would go on to make over 200 league appearances for the club, and Hugh Morgan
Hugh Morgan (footballer born 1875)
Hugh Morgan [other source shows birth year of 1876] was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in both Scotland and England....
, from Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley F.C.
Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system....
. Teddy Duckworth
Teddy Duckworth
Thomas Crook "Teddy" Duckworth was an English professional football player and manager. As a player, he was an outside right. He played in the Football League and the Southern League for Blackpool, West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers.-Playing career:Born in Blackpool, Duckworth began his career...
, after a season with West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers, returned to the club. Out went Geordie Anderson, who retired, John Rooke and Fred Pentland.
Chadwick was the club's top goalscorer, with eight goals.
Table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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| 1 | Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... |
34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 93 | 25 | 3.720 | 58 |
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001.... |
34 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 87 | 32 | 2.719 | 56 |
| 3 | Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... |
34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 81 | 30 | 2.700 | 53 |
| 4 | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 66 | 45 | 1.467 | 42 |
| 5 | Chesterfield Chesterfield F.C. Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower... |
34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 44 | 35 | 1.257 | 39 |
| 6 | Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity F.C. Gainsborough Trinity Football Club are an English football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.Between 1896 and 1912 they were members of the Football League. They are currently in the Conference North, and play their home matches at The Northolme, which has a capacity of 4,304... |
34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 58 | 1.052 | 36 |
| 7 | Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's... |
34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 56 | 0.679 | 33 |
| 8 | Bradford City | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 49 | 0.918 | 32 |
| 9 | Lincoln City Lincoln City F.C. Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League.... |
34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 41 | 1.024 | 31 |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands... |
34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 57 | 48 | 1.188 | 30 |
| 11 | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 52 | 0.827 | 30 |
| 12 | Glossop North End | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 37 | 46 | 0.804 | 30 |
| 13 | Grimsby Town Grimsby Town F.C. Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town... |
34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 46 | 0.717 | 30 |
| 14 | Leicester Fosse Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 55 | 0.727 | 29 |
| 15 | Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the... |
34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 48 | 0.750 | 28 |
| 16 | Burslem Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as... |
34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 47 | 72 | 0.653 | 27 |
| 17 | Burton United Burton United F.C. Burton United Football Club was an English football club from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire that played in The Football League between 1901 and 1907, before folding in 1910.-History:... |
34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 84 | 0.357 | 20 |
| 18 | Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in... |
34 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 81 | 0.284 | 8 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Player statistics
League
- Jack ParkinsonJack Parkinson (footballer born 1869)John "Jack" Parkinson was an English professional football player. He played as a forward.-Career:Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Parkinson, with fifteen goals, he was top scorer for his hometown club in 1896-97, their first-ever season in the Football League; indeed, he played in the club's first...
– 34 - Tom WolstenholmeTom WolstenholmeThomas "Tom" Wolstenholme was an English professional footballer who played as a half back. He started his career with Blackpool, and later had spells with Bolton Wanderers, Burnley and Bradford Park Avenue.-Career:...
– 34 - Edgar ChadwickEdgar ChadwickEdgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s...
– 34 - Jack ScottJack Scott (footballer)Jack "John" A. Scott was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the late 1890s and early 1900s, making over 300 Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender...
– 33 - Bob BirkettBob BirkettRobert Kirkham "Bob" Birket was an English professional footballer who spent his entire ten-year football league career with Blackpool after signing from Fleetwood Rangers....
– 32 - Edward ThrelfallEdward ThrelfallEdward Threlfall was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over three hundred Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender.-Career:...
– 32 - Arthur HullArthur Hull (footballer)Arthur Hull was an English football goalkeeper. He made over 100 Football League appearances for Blackpool in four years in the early 20th century. In season 1902–03, he made one appearance as a midfielder.-References:...
– 31 - Robert Hogg – 27
- Hugh MorganHugh Morgan (footballer born 1875)Hugh Morgan [other source shows birth year of 1876] was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in both Scotland and England....
– 25 - Marshall McEwan – 23
- John Waddington – 21
- Alfie Kearns – 15
- Tom Pratt – 8
- Lawrence Cook – 7
- Alfred Jolly – 5
- Joe Dorrington – 3
- W. Lowe – 2
- Bob CrewdsonBob CrewdsonBob "Robert" Crewdson was an English professional footballer. He spent nine years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over 200 Football League appearances for the club...
– 2 - J. Gow – 2
- Alfred Gittins – 1
- Fred Heywood – 1
- John Jones – 1
- James Reilly – 1
Players used: 23
No appearances: William Anderton
William Anderton
William Anderton was an English professional footballer. He spent six years at Blackpool in the 1900s, making over 100 Football League appearances for the club. He played in midfield....
, Charles Bennett, Teddy Duckworth
Teddy Duckworth
Thomas Crook "Teddy" Duckworth was an English professional football player and manager. As a player, he was an outside right. He played in the Football League and the Southern League for Blackpool, West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers.-Playing career:Born in Blackpool, Duckworth began his career...
and Alfred Wood
Alfred Wood (footballer)
Alfred Spedding Wood was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He was born in Workington, Cumberland....
.
FA Cup
- Jack ParkinsonJack Parkinson (footballer born 1869)John "Jack" Parkinson was an English professional football player. He played as a forward.-Career:Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Parkinson, with fifteen goals, he was top scorer for his hometown club in 1896-97, their first-ever season in the Football League; indeed, he played in the club's first...
– 1 - Bob BirkettBob BirkettRobert Kirkham "Bob" Birket was an English professional footballer who spent his entire ten-year football league career with Blackpool after signing from Fleetwood Rangers....
– 1 - Edgar ChadwickEdgar ChadwickEdgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s...
– 1 - Lawrence Cook – 1
- Arthur HullArthur Hull (footballer)Arthur Hull was an English football goalkeeper. He made over 100 Football League appearances for Blackpool in four years in the early 20th century. In season 1902–03, he made one appearance as a midfielder.-References:...
– 1 - Marshall McEwan – 1
- Hugh MorganHugh Morgan (footballer born 1875)Hugh Morgan [other source shows birth year of 1876] was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in both Scotland and England....
– 1 - Jack ScottJack Scott (footballer)Jack "John" A. Scott was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the late 1890s and early 1900s, making over 300 Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender...
– 1 - Edward ThrelfallEdward ThrelfallEdward Threlfall was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over three hundred Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender.-Career:...
– 1 - John Waddington – 1
- Tom WolstenholmeTom WolstenholmeThomas "Tom" Wolstenholme was an English professional footballer who played as a half back. He started his career with Blackpool, and later had spells with Bolton Wanderers, Burnley and Bradford Park Avenue.-Career:...
– 1
Players used: 11
League
- Edgar ChadwickEdgar ChadwickEdgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s...
– 8 - John Waddington – 6
- Robert Hogg – 5
- Hugh MorganHugh Morgan (footballer born 1875)Hugh Morgan [other source shows birth year of 1876] was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in both Scotland and England....
– 4 - Bob BirkettBob BirkettRobert Kirkham "Bob" Birket was an English professional footballer who spent his entire ten-year football league career with Blackpool after signing from Fleetwood Rangers....
– 3 - Alfie Kearns – 3
- Jack ScottJack Scott (footballer)Jack "John" A. Scott was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the late 1890s and early 1900s, making over 300 Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender...
– 2 - Jack ParkinsonJack Parkinson (footballer born 1869)John "Jack" Parkinson was an English professional football player. He played as a forward.-Career:Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Parkinson, with fifteen goals, he was top scorer for his hometown club in 1896-97, their first-ever season in the Football League; indeed, he played in the club's first...
– 1 - Tom Pratt – 2
- Edward ThrelfallEdward ThrelfallEdward Threlfall was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over three hundred Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender.-Career:...
– 1
League goals scored: 35 (plus one own-goal)
FA Cup
- Hugh MorganHugh Morgan (footballer born 1875)Hugh Morgan [other source shows birth year of 1876] was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in both Scotland and England....
– 1
FA Cup goals scored: 1
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|Hugh Morgan
Hugh Morgan (footballer born 1875)
Hugh Morgan [other source shows birth year of 1876] was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in both Scotland and England....
|Accrington Stanley
Accrington Stanley F.C.
Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system....
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|Alfie Kearns
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|Robert Hogg
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|Edgar Chadwick
Edgar Chadwick
Edgar Wallace Chadwick was a left-sided footballer who had a long and distinguished career with Everton during the 1890s...
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Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
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|W. Lowe
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|1904
|Alfred Gittins
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|John Waddington
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|Alfred Jolly
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|1904
|Bob Crewdson
Bob Crewdson
Bob "Robert" Crewdson was an English professional footballer. He spent nine years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over 200 Football League appearances for the club...
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|1904
|Lawrence Cook
|Nelson
Nelson F.C.
Nelson F.C. are an English football club, based in Nelson, Lancashire. They are currently members of the North West Counties Football League Division One, who played their home matches at Victoria Park, Lomeshaye Way. They are full members of the Lancashire County Football Association.-Early years:...
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|Tom Pratt
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|1904
|J. Gow
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|James Reilly
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Out
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|John Rooke
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|1904
|Geordie Anderson
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|1904
|S. Carthy
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|1904
|Fred Pentland
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1904
|Ted Killean
Ted Killean
Edward "Ted" Killean was an English professional footballer who played as a half-back around the turn of the 20th century, spending the largest part of his career with Blackburn Rovers.-Football career:...
|Retired
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|1904
|Harry Whittle
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1904
|P. Miller
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1904
|James Hodgson
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1904
|T. Anderson
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1904
|Percy Pickford
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1904
|Jack Davies
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1904
|David Hughes
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1904
|Lewis Swarbrick
|Unknown
|Unknown
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|1904
|Stanley Spencer
|Unknown
|Unknown
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