1907–08 Blackpool F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

|club = Blackpool F.C.

|season = 1907–08

|league = Division Two

|manager = None

|league result = 15th

|league topscorer = Bob Whittingham (15)

|season topscorer = Bob Whittingham (15)

|cup1 = FA Cup

|cup1 result = First round

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

|lowest attendance = 2,000 (v. Hull City)

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|prevseason = 1906–07

|nextseason = 1908–09

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The 1907–08 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 11th season (eighth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

Bob Whittingham, signed from amateur side Goldenhill Wanderers, was the club's top scorer, with fifteen goals in his 31 league games.Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, Breedon Books Sport {{ISBN|1-873626-07-X}}

Season synopsis

A strong start to the season, with only one point dropped from their opening two fixtures, was tempered with a run of four consecutive defeats.

It took until the fifteenth League match — against Lincoln City at Bloomfield Road — to gain their second victory. The 4–3 scoreline included a hat-trick from William Grundy.

Nine victories in the second half of the campaign left them ten points clear of bottom club Lincoln at the season's end.

The club's FA Cup trip ended at the First Round stage, this time at Manchester United.

Table

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Player statistics

=Appearances=

==League==

Players used: 23

==FA Cup==

Players used: 11

=Goals=

==League==

League goals scored: 51

==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

1907

|Bob Whittingham

|Goldenhill Wanderers

|Unknown

1907

|William Weston

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|William Fiske

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Horace Brindley

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Stephen Tillotson

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|W.H. Reid

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|William Birch

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Adam Haywood

|West Bromwich Albion

|Unknown

1907

|John Waddington

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Horace King

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Ginger Owers

|Leyton

|Unknown

1907

|Frederick Rose

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Walter Cookson

|Portsmouth

|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

1907

|Tom Wilcox

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|E. Francis

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Andrew Swan

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|William Anderton

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Jack Morris

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Levi Copestake

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|J. Lavery

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Albert Dunkley

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Sam Johnson

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Bob Birkett

|Retired

|

1907

|T. Bate

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Alf Pearson

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Bert Wake

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|J. Collier

|Unknown

|Unknown

1907

|Herbert Crossthwaite

|Fulham

|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=1-873626-07-X}}

{{Blackpool F.C. seasons}}

{{1907–08 in English football}}

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