1912–13 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1912-13
League	Division Two
Manager	None
League position	20th (bottom)
Top goalscorer	League: George Wilson (10) Combined: George Wilson (10)
FA Cup	First round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1911-12
Next season	1913-14 →

The 1912-13 season was Blackpool F.C.'s sixteenth season (thirteenth 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.

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

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Preston North End	38	19	15	4	56	33	1.697	53
2	Burnley	38	21	8	9	88	53	1.660	50
3	Birmingham	38	18	10	10	59	44	1.341	46
4	Barnsley	38	19	7	12	57	47	1.213	45
5	Huddersfield Town	38	17	9	12	66	40	1.650	43
6	Leeds City	38	15	10	13	70	64	1.094	40
7	Grimsby Town	38	15	10	13	51	50	1.020	40
8	Lincoln City	38	15	10	13	50	52	0.962	40
9	Fulham	38	17	5	16	65	55	1.182	39
10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	14	10	14	56	54	1.037	38
11	Bury	38	15	8	15	53	57	0.930	38
12	Hull City	38	15	6	17	60	56	1.071	36
13	Bradford Park Avenue	38	14	8	16	60	60	1.000	36
14	Clapton Orient	38	10	14	14	34	47	0.723	34
15	Leicester Fosse	38	13	7	18	50	65	0.769	33
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
19	Stockport County	38	8	10	20	56	78	0.718	26
20	Blackpool	38	9	8	21	39	69	0.565	26

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Player statistics

Appearances

League

• Fiske – 22
• Dale – 5
• Gladwin – 10
• Thorpe – 38
• Connor – 28
• Booth – 23
• Charles – 38
• 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

Goals

League

• Wilson – 10
• Bainbridge – 9
• Charles – 4
• Heslop – 4
• Connor – 3
• Gillow – 3
• 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 In Roy Calley's book, Gillow is incorrectly stated as having scored two league goals