Blackpool F.C.
1904–05 season
ManagerNone
Division Two15th
FA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Edgar Chadwick (8)
All: Edgar Chadwick (8)
Highest home attendance9,500 (v. Bolton Wanderers)[1]
Lowest home attendance1,400 (v. Burslem Port Vale)[1]

The 1904–05 season was Blackpool F.C.'s eighth season (fifth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

New signings included Edgar Chadwick, from Liverpool, Bob Crewdson, who would go on to make over 200 league appearances for the club, and Hugh Morgan, from Accrington Stanley. Teddy Duckworth, 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.[2]

Season synopsis

The campaign began with a goalless draw at home to Leicester Fosse on 3 September. It wasn't until their fifth game that Blackpool recorded their first victory. It came at Lancashire neighbours Burnley — Alfie Kearns scoring the only goal of the game.

Their next victory did not come until 3 December, just over two months later, 4–1 at home to Glossop. They won their next fixture, at home to Bradford City, before managing only one point from their three festive games. A New Year's Eve defeat left them with only thirteen points from a possible 34.

After an FA Cup first-round exit to Bristol City, 1905 started with a bang: 6–0 and 2–0 home wins over Barnsley and Burnley.

Three victories in five games lifted them briefly, but then six defeats in their final nine games saw them finish fourth-bottom, albeit twenty points clear of bottom club Doncaster Rovers, who failed in their attempt to be reelected.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
13 Grimsby Town 34 11 8 15 33 46 0.717 30
14 Leicester Fosse 34 11 7 16 40 55 0.727 29
15 Blackpool 34 9 10 15 36 48 0.750 28
16 Burslem Port Vale 34 10 7 17 47 72 0.653 27 Re-elected
17 Burton United[lower-alpha 1] 34 8 4 22 30 84 0.357 20
Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League. Elected in expansion of Second Division to 20 teams.

Player statistics

Appearances

League

Players used: 23

No appearances: William Anderton, Charles Bennett, Teddy Duckworth and Alfred Wood.

FA Cup

Players used: 11

Goals

League

League goals scored: 35 (plus one own-goal)

FA Cup

FA Cup goals scored: 1

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
1904 Hugh Morgan Accrington Stanley Unknown
1904 Alfie Kearns Unknown Unknown
1904 Robert Hogg Unknown Unknown
1904 Edgar Chadwick Liverpool Unknown
1904 W. Lowe Unknown Unknown
1904 Alfred Gittins Unknown Unknown
1904 John Waddington Unknown Unknown
1904 Alfred Jolly Unknown Unknown
1904 Bob Crewdson Unknown Unknown
1904 Lawrence Cook Nelson Unknown
1904 Tom Pratt Unknown Unknown
1904 J. Gow Unknown Unknown
1904 James Reilly Unknown Unknown

Out

The following players left after the final game of the previous season:

Date Player To Fee
1904 John Rooke Unknown Unknown
1904 Geordie Anderson Retired
1904 S. Carthy Unknown Unknown
1904 Fred Pentland Unknown Unknown
1904 Ted Killean Retired
1904 Harry Whittle Unknown Unknown
1904 P. Miller Unknown Unknown
1904 James Hodgson Unknown Unknown
1904 T. Anderson Unknown Unknown
1904 Percy Pickford Unknown Unknown
1904 Jack Davies Unknown Unknown
1904 David Hughes Unknown Unknown
1904 Lewis Swarbrick Unknown Unknown
1904 Stanley Spencer Unknown Unknown

Notes

  1. 1 2 Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
  2. ↑ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, Breedon Books Sport ISBN 978-1-873626-07-8
  3. 1 2 3 Ever-present

References

  • Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 978-1-873626-07-8.
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