1937–38 Blackpool F.C. season
Blackpool F.C. | |
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Season 1937-38 | |
League | Division One |
Manager | Joe Smith |
League position | 12th |
Top goalscorers | League: Bobby Finan & Willie Buchan (12 each) Combined: Bobby Finan & Willie Buchan (12 each) |
FA Cup | Fourth round[1] |
Highest home attendance | |
Lowest home attendance | |
Previous season | ← 1936-37 |
Next season | 1938-39 → |
The 1937–38 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 37th season (34th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing twelfth.
Bobby Finan, the club's top scorer for the previous two seasons, shared the accolade this season with Willie Buchan, with twelve goals each in all competitions.
Table
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Arsenal | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 77 | 44 | 1.750 | 52 |
2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 49 | 1.469 | 51 |
3 | Preston North End | 42 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 64 | 44 | 1.455 | 49 |
4 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 65 | 51 | 1.275 | 46 |
5 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 72 | 65 | 1.108 | 46 |
6 | Brentford | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 59 | 1.169 | 45 |
7 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 64 | 60 | 1.067 | 45 |
8 | Sunderland | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 55 | 57 | 0.965 | 44 |
9 | Leeds United | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 64 | 69 | 0.928 | 43 |
10 | Chelsea | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 65 | 65 | 1.000 | 41 |
11 | Liverpool | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 65 | 71 | 0.915 | 41 |
12 | Blackpool | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 61 | 66 | 0.924 | 40 |
13 | Derby County | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 66 | 87 | 0.759 | 40 |
14 | Everton | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 79 | 75 | 1.053 | 39 |
15 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 55 | 68 | 0.809 | 39 |
16 | Leicester City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 54 | 75 | 0.720 | 39 |
17 | Stoke City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 58 | 59 | 0.983 | 38 |
18 | Birmingham | 42 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 58 | 62 | 0.935 | 38 |
19 | Portsmouth | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 62 | 68 | 0.912 | 38 |
20 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 51 | 68 | 0.750 | 38 |
21 | Manchester City | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 80 | 77 | 1.039 | 36 |
22 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 74 | 91 | 0.813 | 36 |
Notes
^ Entered competition in third round
References
Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}