Blackpool F.C.
Season 1909-10 1909-10 in English football The 1909–10 season was the 39th season of competitive football in England.-Events:Aston Villa won their sixth top division title.Lincoln CIty were re-admitted to the Football League after a season away, at the expense of Chesterfield.-Honours:...
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	Jack Cox (player-manager)
League position	12th
Top goalscorer	League: Walter Miller Walter Miller (footballer) Walter Miller was an English footballer. He played for Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United, Blackpool and Lincoln City, amongst other clubs....  (14) Combined: Walter Miller (14)
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	10,000 (v. 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... )
Lowest home attendance	2,000 (v. Birmingham City 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... )
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The 1909-10

1909-10 in English football

The 1909–10 season was the 39th season of competitive football in England.-Events:Aston Villa won their sixth top division title.Lincoln CIty were re-admitted to the Football League after a season away, at the expense of Chesterfield.-Honours:...

 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 thirteenth season (tenth 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 twelfth.

Jack Cox took on the role of player-manager for the first time, succeeding the club's secretary, Tom Barcroft.

Walter Miller

Walter Miller (footballer)

Walter Miller was an English footballer. He played for Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United, Blackpool and Lincoln City, amongst other clubs....

 was the club's top scorer, with fourteen goals, including a hat-trick against Leeds City at Bloomfield Road

Bloomfield Road

Bloomfield Road is an all-seater football stadium in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. It has been the permanent home of Blackpool F.C. since 1901 and is named after the road on which the stadium's main entrance used to stand. The stadium has been in a process of redevelopment since 2000...

 on New Year's Day

New Year's Day

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, 1910.

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

Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

.

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...

 campaign ended at the first-round stage. After drawing 1–1 with 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...

 at Bloomfield Road on 15 January, they lost the replay 0–6.

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...	38	23	8	7	81	40	2.025	54
2	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	23	7	8	79	39	2.026	53
3	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	23	7	8	80	46	1.739	53
4	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	22	9	7	72	47	1.532	53
5	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...	38	20	4	14	79	58	1.362	44
6	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	18	7	13	64	57	1.123	43
7	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	14	13	11	51	43	1.186	41
8	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	17	6	15	64	63	1.016	40
9	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	16	7	15	62	59	1.051	39
10	Bradford Park Avenue	38	17	4	17	64	59	1.085	38
11	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	16	5	17	58	56	1.036	37
12	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	14	8	16	50	52	0.962	36
13	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	13	8	17	50	47	1.064	34
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	14	6	18	62	61	1.016	34
15	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....	38	10	11	17	42	69	0.609	31
16	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	6	20	37	60	0.617	30
17	Leeds City	38	10	7	21	46	80	0.575	27
18	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	10	6	22	33	75	0.440	26
19	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	9	6	23	50	77	0.649	24
20	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	8	7	23	42	78	0.538	23

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 – 38
• 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
  John Burt
  John Burt was an English professional footballer. A centre forward, he played in the Football League for just one club, Blackpool.-Career:Burt made seven appearances for Blackpool, all in the League, between 1909 and 1910. Six of these came in season 1909–10. He also scored his only goals for the...
  
   – 6
• Evans – 4
• Goulding – 13
• Didymus – 3
• Shaw – 2
• Bradshaw – 2
• Wolstenholme – 9
• Dale – 12
• Hoad
  Sid Hoad
  Sidney James "Sid" Hoad was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. He played over 250 matches in the Football League, for a total of four different clubs.-Blackpool:...
  
   – 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
  Sid Hoad
  Sidney James "Sid" Hoad was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. He played over 250 matches in the Football League, for a total of four different clubs.-Blackpool:...
  
   – 2

Players used: 12

League

• Miller – 14
• Beare – 9
• Morley – 7
• Elmore – 6
• Connor – 4
• Dawson – 4
• Cox – 3
• Burt
  John Burt
  John Burt was an English professional footballer. A centre forward, he played in the Football League for just one club, Blackpool.-Career:Burt made seven appearances for Blackpool, all in the League, between 1909 and 1910. Six of these came in season 1909–10. He also scored his only goals for the...
  
  – 2
• Wolstenholme – 1

League goals scored: 50