1912–13 Blackpool F.C. season

The 1912–13 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 16th season (13th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing bottom. Their application for re-election was successful.

Blackpool F.C.
1912–13 season
ManagerNone
Division Two20th (bottom)
FA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: George Wilson (10)
All: George Wilson (10)

George Wilson was the club's top scorer, with ten goals.

Season synopsis

Other than two victories in their opening four league games, Blackpool's nine wins were spaced out over the course of the season. By the league season's halfway point, a 4–0 Christmas Day defeat at Lancashire rivals Burnley, they had won only two further games. Of the remaining nineteen matches, Blackpool lost ten, a sequence that contributed to their finishing at the foot of the table.

In the FA Cup, Blackpool took Tottenham to a first-round replay after a 1–1 draw at White Hart Lane on 11 January. Three days later, the replay was played at the same venue after Blackpool sold Spurs the ground rights. The Londoners were victorious 6–1.

To the consternation of the Seasiders' fans, their arch-rivals Preston North End won the championship and Burnley took the second promotion spot.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion
16 Bristol City 38 9 15 14 46 72 0.639 33
17 Nottingham Forest 38 12 8 18 58 59 0.983 32
18 Glossop 38 12 8 18 49 68 0.721 32 Re-elected
19 Stockport County 38 8 10 20 56 78 0.718 26
20 Blackpool 38 9 8 21 39 69 0.565 26
Source:

Player statistics

League
  • Fiske – 22
  • Dale – 5
  • Gladwin – 10
  • Thorpe – 38[1]
  • Connor – 28
  • Booth – 23
  • Charles – 38[1]
  • Heslop – 27
  • Dollins – 13
  • Wilkinson – 15
  • Quinn – 32
  • Wilson – 24
  • Chapman – 2
  • Bainbridge – 28
  • Jones – 32
  • Kidd – 16
  • Gillow – 23
  • Crewdson – 17
  • Millership – 12
  • Davies – 3
  • McCulloch – 1
  • Keenan – 1
  • Reeves – 4
  • Pagnam – 3

Players used: 24

FA Cup
  • Thorpe – 2
  • Booth – 2
  • Charles – 2
  • Heslop – 2
  • Dollins – 2
  • Quinn – 1
  • Wilson – 2
  • Jones – 2
  • Kidd – 2
  • Gillow – 2
  • Crewdson – 2
  • Davies – 1

Players used: 12

League
  • Wilson – 10
  • Bainbridge – 9
  • Charles – 4
  • Heslop – 4
  • Connor – 3
  • Gillow – 31
  • Quinn – 3
  • Booth – 1
  • Dollins – 1
  • Wilkinson – 1

League goals scored: 39

FA Cup
  • Charles – 2

FA Cup goals scored: 2

Transfers

In
Date Player From Fee

Out
Date Player From Fee

Footnotes
  1. Ever-present
  • ^1 In Roy Calley's book, Gillow is incorrectly stated as having scored two league goals

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