Blackpool F.C. season 1941-42
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Blackpool F.C.
Season 1941-42
1941-42 in English football
The 1941–42 season was the third season of special wartime football in England during World War II.-Overview:Between 1939 and 1946 normal competitive football was suspended in England. Many footballers signed up to fight in the war and as a result many teams were depleted, and fielded guest players...

League League North
Manager Joe Smith
League position 1st
Top goalscorer Combined: Jock Dodds
Jock Dodds
Ephraim "Jock" Dodds was a Scottish professional football player. He played in the 1936 FA Cup Final, and, at the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving player to have played in a final at Wembley Stadium....

 (65)
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...

Competition suspended
League War Cup
Football League War Cup
The Football League War Cup was an association football tournament held between 1939 and 1945 which aimed to fill the gaping hole left in English Football by the cancellation of the FA Cup.- Background:...

Qualifying round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season 1940-41
Blackpool F.C. season 1940-41
The 1940-41 season was Blackpool F.C.s second season in special wartime football during World War II. They competed in the North Regional League, finishing sixth....

Next season 1942-43
Blackpool F.C. season 1942-43
The 1942-43 season was Blackpool F.C.s fourth season in special wartime football during World War II. They competed in League North, finishing first in the first competition and thirteenth in the second. Blackpool also won the League War Cup Northern Section, beating Sheffield Wednesday in the final...

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The 1941-42
1941-42 in English football
The 1941–42 season was the third season of special wartime football in England during World War II.-Overview:Between 1939 and 1946 normal competitive football was suspended in England. Many footballers signed up to fight in the war and as a result many teams were depleted, and fielded guest players...

 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 third season in special wartime football during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. They competed in League North, finishing first. Blackpool also won the Lancashire Cup, beating Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

 7-1 in the final.

Jock Dodds
Jock Dodds
Ephraim "Jock" Dodds was a Scottish professional football player. He played in the 1936 FA Cup Final, and, at the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving player to have played in a final at Wembley Stadium....

was the club's top scorer for the fourth consecutive season, with 65 goals in all competitions. These don't count in official statistics, however.
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