Blackpool F.C. season 1896-97

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Blackpool F.C.

Season 1896-97
League	Division Two
Manager	None
League position	8th
Top goalscorer	Jack Parkinson (12)
Highest home attendance	5,000 (v. Newton Heath, Grimsby Town and Darwen)^[1]
Lowest home attendance	1,000 (v. Woolwich Arsenal and Walsall)^[1]
Previous season	Not available
Next season	1897-98 →

The 1896-97 season was Blackpool F.C.'s first season in the Football League. They competed in the sixteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing eighth.

Jack Parkinson was the club's top scorer, with twelve goals to his name. Jimmy Martin scored ten. Another scorer of note was Charlie Mount, who scored the club's first League goal, in a 3-1 defeat to Lincoln City in the opening game on September 5, 1986.^[2]

1 Table
2 Player statistics
- 2.1 Appearances
- 2.2 Goals
3 Transfers
- 3.1 Out
4 Notes
5 References

[edit] Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Notts County^[3]	30	19	4	7	92	43	2.140	42
2	Newton Heath	30	17	5	8	56	34	1.647	39
3	Grimsby Town	30	17	4	9	66	45	1.467	38
4	Small Heath	30	16	5	9	69	47	1.468	37
5	Newcastle United	30	17	1	12	56	52	1.077	35
6	Manchester City	30	12	8	10	58	50	1.160	32
7	Gainsborough Trinity	30	12	7	11	50	47	1.064	31
8	Blackpool	30	13	5	12	59	56	1.054	31
9	Leicester Fosse	30	13	4	13	59	56	1.054	30
10	Woolwich Arsenal	30	13	4	13	68	70	0.971	30
11	Darwen	30	14	0	16	67	61	1.098	28
12	Walsall	30	11	4	15	53	69	0.768	26
13	Loughborough	30	12	1	17	50	64	0.781	25
14	Burton Swifts	30	9	6	15	46	61	0.754	24
15	Burton Wanderers^[4]	30	9	2	19	31	67	0.463	20
16	Lincoln City	30	5	2	23	27	85	0.318	12

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

[edit] Player statistics

[edit] Appearances

Tommy Bowman – 30^[5]
William Douglas – 30^[5]
Bob Norris – 30^[5]
Henry Parr – 29
John Clarkin – 28
Jack Parkinson – 27
Harry Stirzaker – 27
Jimmy Martin – 23
Alex Stuart – 21
Tom Bradshaw – 17
Sam Donnelly – 14
John Clarke – 13
Charlie Mount – 9
Bob Parkinson – 8
Fred Thompson – 6
George Colville – 5
P. Connor – 4
John Scarr – 3
Nicholas Gillett – 2
George Winstanley – 2
Bob Birkett – 1

Players used: 21

[edit] Goals

Jack Parkinson – 12
Jimmy Martin – 10
John Clarkin – 6
John Clarke – 6
Sam Donnelly – 5
Charlie Mount – 5
Tom Bradshaw – 5
Harry Stirzaker – 3
Tommy Bowman – 2
Bob Birkett – 1
P. Connor – 1
Bob Norris – 1
Bob Parkinson – 1
Henry Parr – 1

Total goals scored: 59

[edit] Transfers

[edit] Out

The following players left during the course of the season:

Date	Player	To	Fee
1896	George Colville	Unknown	Unknown
1896	P. Connor	Unknown	Unknown
1896	Sam Donnelly	Unknown	Unknown
1896	Nicholas Gillett	Unknown	Unknown
1896	Charlie Mount	Unknown	Unknown
1896	Bob Parkinson	Unknown	Unknown
1896	George Winstanley	Unknown	Unknown

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
^ Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, Breedon Books Sport ISBN 1-873626-07-X
^ Elected to First Division after winning 'Test Match.'
^ Failed to be re-elected to the Football League
^ ^a ^b ^c Ever-present