1904–05 Blackpool F.C. season

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{{Use British English|date=December 2014}}

{{Infobox football club season

|club = Blackpool F.C.

|season = 1904–05

|league = Division Two

|manager = None

|league result = 15th

|league topscorer = Edgar Chadwick (8)

|season topscorer = Edgar Chadwick (8)

|cup1 = FA Cup

|cup1 result = First round

|highest attendance = 9,500 (v. Bolton Wanderers)Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.

|lowest attendance = 1,400 (v. Burslem Port Vale)

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|prevseason = 1903–04

|nextseason = 1905–06

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

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

{{:1904–05 Football League|transcludesection=Second Division|only_totals=y|showteam=BLP}}

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 =

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!width=20% |Date

!width=25% |Player

!width=30% |From

!width=15% |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:

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!width=20% |Date

!width=25% |Player

!width=30% |To

!width=15% |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

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References

  • {{cite book | first=Roy | last=Calley| title=Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992 | publisher=Breedon Books Sport | year=1992 | isbn=978-1-873626-07-8}}

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