Blackpool F.C.
Season 1908-09 1908-09 in English football The 1908–09 season was the 38th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process...
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	20th (bottom)
Top goalscorer	League: Bob Whittingham Bob Whittingham Robert "Bob" Whittingham was an English footballer who played as an inside-forward for various clubs, mainly prior to the First World War...  (13) Combined: Bob Whittingham Bob Whittingham Robert "Bob" Whittingham was an English footballer who played as an inside-forward for various clubs, mainly prior to the First World War...  (13)
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...	Second round
Highest home attendance	10,000 (v. Oldham Oldham Athletic A.F.C. Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league... )
Lowest home attendance	2,000 (v. 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...  and 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... )
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The 1908-09

1908-09 in English football

The 1908–09 season was the 38th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:Tottenham Hotspur played their first ever season in the Football League, gaining promotion to the First Division in the process...

 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 twelfth season (ninth 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 twenty-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 bottom. The club's application for re-election was successful.

Bob Whittingham

Bob Whittingham

Robert "Bob" Whittingham was an English footballer who played as an inside-forward for various clubs, mainly prior to the First World War...

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

Bradford City A.F.C.

Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two....

 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

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...

 on 3 October.

Only seven more victories ensued in their 31 remaining league games, 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.

The club's 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...

 run ended at the second-round stage, with a 2–1 defeat at Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

 on 6 February. They defeated Hastings & St Leonards

Hastings United F.C.

Hastings United is a semi-professional English football club who currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division and are affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association and the Hastings Football Association....

 2–0 in the first round.

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	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....	38	24	4	10	59	28	2.107	52
2	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....	38	20	11	7	67	32	2.094	51
3	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...	38	19	13	6	56	27	2.074	51
4	Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...	38	19	6	13	63	39	1.615	44
5	Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...	38	16	11	11	55	41	1.341	43
6	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic A.F.C. Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...	38	17	6	15	55	43	1.279	40
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...	38	14	11	13	56	48	1.167	39
8	Glossop Glossop North End A.F.C. Glossop North End A.F.C. are an English football club based in Glossop, Derbyshire. Former members of the Football League, they are currently in the North West Counties League and are members of the Derbyshire County Football Association. They play their home matches at Surrey Street, which has a...	38	15	8	15	57	53	1.075	38
9	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...	38	15	8	15	49	70	0.700	38
10	Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...	38	13	11	14	58	48	1.208	37
11	Birmingham Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...	38	14	9	15	58	61	0.951	37
12	Leeds City	38	14	7	17	43	53	0.811	35
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...	38	14	7	17	41	54	0.759	35
14	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...	38	13	7	18	51	58	0.879	33
15	Clapton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...	38	12	9	17	37	49	0.755	33
16	Bradford Park Avenue	38	13	6	19	51	59	0.864	32
17	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...	38	11	10	17	48	57	0.842	32
18	Stockport County Stockport County F.C. Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...	38	14	3	21	39	71	0.549	31
19	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...	38	11	8	19	37	67	0.552	30
20	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...	38	9	11	18	46	68	0.676	29

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

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