The 1907–08 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 11th season (eighth consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.
Bob Whittingham, signed from amateur side Goldenhill Wanderers, was the club's top scorer, with fifteen goals in his 31 league games.Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992, Breedon Books Sport
Season synopsis A strong start to the season, with only one point dropped from their opening two fixtures, was tempered with a run of four consecutive defeats.
It took until the fifteenth League match — against Lincoln City at Bloomfield Road — to gain their second victory. The 4–3 scoreline included a hat-trick from William Grundy.
Nine victories in the second half of the campaign left them ten points clear of bottom club Lincoln at the season's end.
The club's FA Cup trip ended at the First Round stage, this time at Manchester United.
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Player statistics
Appearances
League Bob Crewdson – 37 Jack Scott – 35 Jack Parkinson – 33 Bob Whittingham – 31 T. Clarke – 27 William Grundy – 26 Jimmy Connor – 23 William Weston – 22 William Fiske – 21 Edward Threlfall – 20 Horace Brindley – 19 Stephen Tillotson – 17 W.H. Reid – 16 William Birch – 13 J. Gow – 13 Adam Haywood – 13 Hugh Rimmer – 13 John Waddington – 11 Horace King – 10 Ginger Owers – 9 Frederick Rose – 6 Walter Cookson – 2 W. Lowe – 1
Players used: 23
FA Cup Horace Brindley – 1 Jimmy Connor – 1 Bob Crewdson – 1 William Fiske – 1 J. Gow – 1 William Grundy – 1 Adam Haywood – 1 Jack Parkinson – 1 Jack Scott – 1 Edward Threlfall – 1 William Weston – 1
Players used: 11
Goals
League Bob Whittingham – 15 William Grundy – 12 William Weston – 5 William Birch – 3 Ginger Owers – 3 Horace Brindley – 2 J. Gow – 2 Jack Parkinson – 2 Walter Cookson – 1 Jimmy Connor – 1 Adam Haywood – 1 Horace King – 1 W.H. Reid – 1 Jack Scott – 1 Edward Threlfall – 1
League goals scored: 51
FA Cup William Grundy – 1
FA Cup goals scored: 1
Transfers
In
DatePlayerFromFee1907Bob WhittinghamGoldenhill WanderersUnknown1907William WestonUnknownUnknown1907William FiskeUnknownUnknown1907Horace BrindleyUnknownUnknown1907Stephen TillotsonUnknownUnknown1907W.H. ReidUnknownUnknown1907William BirchUnknownUnknown1907Adam HaywoodWest Bromwich AlbionUnknown1907John WaddingtonUnknownUnknown1907Horace KingUnknownUnknown1907Ginger OwersLeytonUnknown1907Frederick RoseUnknownUnknown1907Walter CooksonPortsmouthUnknown
Out The following players left after the final game of the previous season:
DatePlayerToFee1907Tom WilcoxUnknownUnknown1907E. FrancisUnknownUnknown1907Andrew SwanUnknownUnknown1907William AndertonUnknownUnknown1907Jack MorrisUnknownUnknown1907Levi CopestakeUnknownUnknown1907J. LaveryUnknownUnknown1907Albert DunkleyUnknownUnknown1907Sam JohnsonUnknownUnknown1907Bob BirkettRetired1907T. BateUnknownUnknown1907Alf PearsonUnknownUnknown1907Bert WakeUnknownUnknown1907J. CollierUnknownUnknown1907Herbert CrossthwaiteFulhamUnknown
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