Blackpool F.C.
Season 1939-40 1939-40 in English football The 1939–1940 season was the 65th season of competitive football in England. It was suspended in September after the outbreak of World War II.-Overview:...
League	North-West Regional League
Manager	Joe Smith
League position	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Jock Dodds Jock Dodds Ephraim "Jock" Dodds was a Scottish professional football player. He played in the 1936 FA Cup Final, and, at the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving player to have played in a final at Wembley Stadium....  (30) Combined: Jock Dodds Jock Dodds Ephraim "Jock" Dodds was a Scottish professional football player. He played in the 1936 FA Cup Final, and, at the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving player to have played in a final at Wembley Stadium....  (38)
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...	Competition suspended
League War Cup Football League War Cup The Football League War Cup was an association football tournament held between 1939 and 1945 which aimed to fill the gaping hole left in English Football by the cancellation of the FA Cup.- Background:...	Fourth round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1938-39 Blackpool F.C. season 1938-39 The 1938-39 season was Blackpool F.C.s 38th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing fifteenth....
Next season	1940-41 Blackpool F.C. season 1940-41 The 1940-41 season was Blackpool F.C.s second season in special wartime football during World War II. They competed in the North Regional League, finishing sixth....  →

The 1939-40

1939-40 in English football

The 1939–1940 season was the 65th season of competitive football in England. It was suspended in September after the outbreak of World War II.-Overview:...

 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 first season in special wartime football during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. Upon the abandonment of 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...

 football in September 1939 (after three games, at which point Blackpool were top of Division One

Football League First Division

The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

 with a 100% record), they competed in the North-West Regional League, finishing third.

Jock Dodds

Jock Dodds

Ephraim "Jock" Dodds was a Scottish professional football player. He played in the 1936 FA Cup Final, and, at the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving player to have played in a final at Wembley Stadium....

was the club's top scorer for the second consecutive season, with 38 goals in all competitions. These do not count in official statistics, however.