Blackpool F.C. season 1920-21
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| Season 1920-21 1920-21 in English football The 1920–21 season was the 46th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:The Football League Third Division is introduced, expanding the League's operational radius south of Birmingham... |
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| League | Division Two Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams... |
| Manager | Bill Norman Bill Norman (football manager) William "Bill" Norman was an English football manager.Between 1918 and 1923, he was in charge of Blackpool, who became one of a growing number of clubs to appoint a full-time manager. Before that point, the team selection had been the responsibility of a committee comprising directors, the captain,... |
| League position | 4th |
| Top goalscorer | League: Jimmy Heathcote (18) Combined: Jimmy Heathcote (18) |
| FA Cup FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's... |
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| Previous season | ← 1919-20 Blackpool F.C. season 1919-20 The 1919-20 season was Blackpool F.C.s nineteenth season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fourth.... |
| Next season | 1921-22 Blackpool F.C. season 1921-22 The 1921-22 season was Blackpool F.C.s 21st season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing nineteenth.... → |
The 1920-21
1920-21 in English football
The 1920–21 season was the 46th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:The Football League Third Division is introduced, expanding the League's operational radius south of Birmingham...
season was Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
's twentieth season (seventeenth consecutive) in the Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
. They competed in the 22-team Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
, then the second tier of English football
Football in England
Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...
, finishing fourth.
Blackpool defender Horace Fairhurst
Horace Fairhurst
Horace Fairhurst was an English professional football player. He played as a defender.After playing for Darwen for a number of years, Fairhurst joined fellow Lancashire club Blackpool in May 1919 after previously playing for them during the 1916-17 and 1917-18 World War I wartime...
suffered a head injury during Blackpool's game against Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
at Oakwell on December 27, 1920. He died at home eleven days later as a result of the injury.
Jimmy Heathcote was the club's top scorer, with eighteen goals.
Table
| P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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| 1 | Birmingham Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the... |
42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 79 | 38 | 2.079 | 58 |
| 2 | Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for... |
42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 59 | 32 | 1.844 | 58 |
| 3 | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 29 | 1.690 | 51 |
| 4 | Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the... |
42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 42 | 1.286 | 50 |
| 5 | West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... |
42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 30 | 1.700 | 48 |
| 6 | Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system... |
42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 55 | 40 | 1.375 | 47 |
| 7 | Clapton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63... |
42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 42 | 1.024 | 45 |
| 8 | South Shields South Shields F.C. South Shields F.C. are a football club based in South Shields, England. They have a long and complicated history, with three distinct incarnations taking the name... |
42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 46 | 1.326 | 44 |
| 9 | Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 47 | 0.915 | 42 |
| 10 | The Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the... |
42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 48 | 1.000 | 41 |
| 11 | Bury Bury F.C. Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the... |
42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 45 | 49 | 0.918 | 40 |
| 12 | Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 39 | 46 | 0.848 | 40 |
| 13 | Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football... |
42 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 43 | 53 | 0.811 | 40 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 45 | 0.889 | 38 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at... |
42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 49 | 66 | 0.742 | 38 |
| 16 | Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's... |
42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 48 | 50 | 0.960 | 36 |
| 17 | Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as... |
42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 43 | 49 | 0.878 | 36 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship... |
42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 48 | 55 | 0.873 | 36 |
| 19 | Rotherham County Rotherham County F.C. Rotherham County Football Club was an English football club based in the town of Rotherham, Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1877 as Thornhill Football Club becoming Rotherham County in 1905. It joined the Midland League in 1903, and stayed in that competition until it was abandoned for World... |
42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 53 | 0.698 | 36 |
| 20 | Stoke Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts... |
42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 46 | 56 | 0.821 | 35 |
| 21 | Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry... |
42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 39 | 70 | 0.557 | 35 |
| 22 | Stockport County Stockport County F.C. Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport... |
42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 75 | 0.560 | 30 |
League
Mingay 13, Fairhurst 20, Tulloch 40, Keenan 42, Halstead 1, Howard 8, Charles 33, Heathcote 40, Ratcliffe 13, McGinn 24, Donachie 19, Benton 39, Popplewell 1, Barrass 32, Burke 7, Gavin 18, Brown 1, Richardson 29, Bainbridge 2, Rooks 17, Mee 29, BakerLen Baker
Leonard Henry "Len" Baker was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half.Baker began his professional career with Bill Norman's Blackpool in 1919, during 1918-19 inter-war competitions...
12, Hunter 2, Reid 3, Lovett 2, Marsh 1, Leaver 3, Bedford 10
Players used: 28
FA Cup
Tulloch 2, Keenan 3, Charles 3, Heathcote 3, Ratcliffe 2, McGinn 3, Benton 3, Barrass 3, Gavin 3, Richardson 3, Mee 3, Rooks 2Players used: 12
League
Heathcote 18, Barrass 9, Bedford 7, Benton 6, Keenan 3, Charles 3, Ratcliffe 2, Mee 2, Reid 2, Donachie 1, Rooks 1Goals scored: 54