Blackpool F.C.
Season 1943-44 1943-44 in English football The 1943–44 season was the fifth 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 (first competition); 7th (second competition)
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....  (23)
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:...	Finalists (Northern Section)
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous 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 1943-44

1943-44 in English football

The 1943–44 season was the fifth 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 fifth 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 in the first competition and seventh in the second. They were also losing finalists in the 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:...

 Northern Section, Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

 beating them 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 sixth consecutive season, with 23 goals in all competitions.