Blackpool F.C. season 1898-99

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Blackpool F.C.
Season 1898-99
League Division Two
Manager None
League position 16th (relegated)
Top goalscorer Bob Birkett (15)
Highest home attendance 2,000 (v. Burton Swifts)[1]
Lowest home attendance 500 (v. Loughborough, Luton Town)[1]
Previous season ← 1897-98
Next season 1900-01 →

The 1898-99 season was Blackpool F.C.'s third consecutive season in the Football League. They competed in the eighteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing sixteenth. As a result, they lost their League status, failed to gain re-election for the following season, and instead competed again in the Lancashire League.

Bob Birkett was the club's top scorer, with fifteen goals.[2]

On January 21, 1899, Blackpool played Burslem Port Vale with only ten players. They lost the match 6–1.[2]

Contents

[edit] Table

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Manchester City 34 23 6 5 92 35 2.629 52
2 Glossop North End 34 20 6 8 76 38 2.000 46
3 Leicester Fosse 34 18 9 7 64 42 1.524 45
4 Newton Heath 34 19 5 10 67 43 1.558 43
5 New Brighton Tower 34 18 7 9 71 52 1.365 43
6 Walsall 34 15 12 7 79 36 2.194 42
7 Woolwich Arsenal 34 18 5 11 72 41 1.756 41
8 Small Heath 34 17 7 10 85 50 1.700 41
9 Burslem Port Vale 34 17 5 12 56 34 1.647 39
10 Grimsby Town 34 15 5 14 71 60 1.183 35
11 Barnsley 34 12 7 15 52 56 0.929 31
12 Lincoln City 34 12 7 15 51 56 0.911 31
13 Burton Swifts 34 10 8 16 51 70 0.729 28
14 Gainsborough Trinity 34 10 5 19 56 72 0.778 25
15 Luton Town 34 10 3 21 51 95 0.537 23
16 Blackpool[3] 34 8 4 22 49 90 0.544 20
17 Loughborough 34 6 6 22 38 92 0.413 18
18 Darwen[3] 34 2 5 27 22 141 0.156 9

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

  • Jack Parkinson – 34[4]
  • Jack Scott – 34[4]
  • Jack Leadbetter – 33
  • F.A. Fletcher – 32
  • Harry Stirzaker – 31
  • Henry Parr – 28
  • Bob Birkett – 24
  • E.L. Williams – 22
  • Thomas Hoyle – 21
  • Richard Howson – 14
  • W. Atherton – 13
  • Alex Stuart – 13
  • J. Banks – 10
  • H. Elston – 10
  • G.F. Gamble – 9
  • Arthur Nightingale – 5
  • Jack Morris – 5
  • J. Cartmell – 4
  • F. Harrison – 4
  • Andrew Hateley – 4
  • John Scarr – 4
  • R. Eaves – 3
  • John Jones – 3
  • J. Kirkham – 3
  • W.A. Dewhurst – 2
  • F. Mayor – 2
  • J. Dickson – 1
  • E. Exton – 1
  • G. Gosling – 1
  • William Harrison – 1

Players used: 30

No appearances: Nicholas Gillett.

[edit] Goals

  • Bob Birkett – 15
  • Jack Parkinson – 9
  • Jack Leadbetter – 6
  • Jack Scott – 4
  • Jack Morris – 4
  • G.F. Gamble – 3
  • J. Cartmell – 1
  • Andrew Hateley – 1
  • Thomas Hoyle – 1
  • Henry Parr – 1
  • Harry Stirzaker – 1
  • Alex Stuart – 1
  • E.L. Williams – 1

Total goals scored: 48 (plus one own-goal)

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Blackpool F.C. amalgamated with South Shore F.C. in 1899.

Date Player From Fee
1898 Jack Scott Unknown
1898 F.A. Fletcher Unknown
1898 E.L. Williams Unknown
1898 Thomas Hoyle Unknown
1898 Richard Howson Unknown
1898 W. Atherton Unknown
1898 H. Elston Unknown
1898 G.F. Gamble Unknown
1898 Arthur Nightingale Unknown
1898 Jack Morris Unknown
1898 J. Cartmell Unknown
1898 F. Harrison Unknown
1898 Andrew Hateley Unknown
1898 R. Eaves Unknown
1898 John Jones Unknown
1898 J. Kirkham Unknown
1898 W.A. Dewhurst Unknown
1898 F. Mayor Unknown
1898 J. Dickson Unknown
1898 E. Exton Unknown
1898 G. Gosling Unknown
1898 William Harrison Unknown

[edit] Out

The following players left after the final game of the previous season:

Date Player To Fee
1898 Jimmy Martin Unknown Unknown
1898 John Clarkin Unknown Unknown
1898 D. McHardie Unknown Unknown
1898 Bob Norris Unknown Unknown
1898 Frank Wilson Unknown Unknown
1898 Jack Cox Liverpool £150[2]
1898 Bill Keach Unknown Unknown
1898 Tommy Bowman Aston Villa Unknown
1898 G. Cardwell Unknown Unknown
1898 Laurence Halsall Unknown Unknown
1898 J. Banks Unknown Unknown

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Attendances were approximated by the reporter at the ground.
  2. ^ a b c Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, Breedon Books Sport ISBN 1-873626-07-X
  3. ^ a b Failed to be re-elected
  4. ^ a b Ever-present

[edit] References

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