1927–28 Blackpool F.C. season

The 1927–28 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 27th season (24th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing nineteenth.

Blackpool F.C.
1927–28 season
ManagerSydney Beaumont
Division Two19th
FA CupThird round[1]
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Hampson (31)
All: Jimmy Hampson (31)

Sydney Beaumont became the club's new manager prior to the start of the season, succeeding Major Frank Buckley.

Jimmy Hampson was the club's top scorer, with 31 goals, including four goals against Nottingham Forest at Bloomfield Road on 24 March 1928, Blackpool winning 5–3. He also scored two hat-tricks: one at Wolves on 26 November 1927, and one at home to Fulham on 5 May 1928, the final day of the season. Two other players also scored hat-tricks during the season: Tommy Browell, in a 6–2 victory over Bristol City at Bloomfield Road, and Bert Fishwick, in a 3–1 victory at home to Reading.

A milestone occurred on Christmas Eve, when Blackpool played their 1,000th Football League game, at Fulham.[2]

Season synopsis

It took until the seventh game (after a run of five consecutive defeats) for Blackpool to chalk up their first victory, a 6–2 scoreline at home to Bristol City. Tommy Browell scored a hat-trick, while Albert Watson, Sidney Tufnell and Horace Williams netted one each.

They were victorious in only three further games before Christmas, at which point they had accrued just thirteen points.

1928 saw a slight improvement, with eight victories, which kept them just clear of relegation.

Their FA Cup campaign started and ended at the Third Round stage with a 4–1 home defeat by Oldham Athletic.

Squad

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
17 Southampton 42 14 7 21 68 77 0.883 35
18 Reading 42 11 13 18 53 75 0.707 35
19 Blackpool 42 13 8 21 83 101 0.822 34
20 Clapton Orient 42 11 12 19 55 85 0.647 34
21 Fulham 42 13 7 22 68 89 0.764 33 Relegated
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Transfers

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Date Player From Fee

Out
Date Player From Fee

Notes
  1. Entered competition in third round
  2. Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, p.230

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