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1907–08 Blackpool F.C. Season
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. Table Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907–08 In English Football
The 1907–08 season was the 37th season of competitive football in England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b .... Manchester United F.C., Manchester United were Football League champions for the first time, while Bradford City F.C., Bradford City won the Second Division and Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers won the FA Cup. The 1908 British Home Championship, Home Championship was shared between England and Scotland. FA Cup Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers won the FA Cup for the second time, beating Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United 3–1 in the final. Football League Fulham F.C., Fulham and Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Oldham Athletic replaced Port Vale F.C., Burslem Port Vale and Burton United F.C., Burton United in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Threlfall
Edward Threlfall was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over three hundred Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender. Career Threlfall made his debut for Blackpool in the opening League game of the 1900–01 season, a goalless draw at New Brighton Tower. He went on to appear in 29 of their remaining 33 League games that season.Calley, p. 176 He also became possibly the first Blackpool player to be sent off in a League game. During the fixture against Burslem Port Vale on 15 December, Threlfall was given his marching orders for "rough play" when "a regrettable incident occurred about three minutes off time". Threlfall later complained that he had not been cautioned "before the referee took this extreme course". In 1901–02, Threlfall missed only two of Blackpool's 34 League games. He also scored his first goal for the club, in a 1–1 draw at home to Glossop North End on 1 February.Calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Crossthwaite
Herbert Crossthwaite (4 April 1887 – 20 May 1944) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Preston, Lancashire, he began his football career as a youth with home-town club Preston North End. He went on to play one game in the Football League for Preston's arch-rivals Blackpool (at Gainsborough Trinity on 29 September 1906)Calley, Roy (1992). '' Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992'', Breedon Books Sport, p. 188 and two for Fulham, and spent one-and-a-half seasons with Southern League club Exeter City, before joining Birmingham, for whom he played 49 league games. He later signed for Stoke, before retiring from the game in around 1915. Crossthwaite remained an amateur throughout his football career. He joined the Birmingham City Police in 1910, rising to the rank of inspector. He died in Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Birkett
Robert Kirkham Birket (17 November 1874 – 18 August 1933) was an English professional footballer who spent his entire ten-year Football League career with Blackpool after signing from Fleetwood Rangers. Birket began his career with Liverpool, but did not make any appearances for the Anfield club before leaving to join Blackpool on 28 July 1896. He made his debut for Blackpool on 14 November 1896, in a 3–1 victory over Lincoln City at Raikes Hall. He scored the hosts' first goal. That was his only appearance in the 1896–97 campaign. Birket made fourteen league appearances the following season, 1897–98, scoring eight goals. In 1898–99, he was the club's top scorer with fifteen goals in his 24 appearances. His efforts were not enough to keep Blackpool in the Football League, however: they failed to be re-elected, along with Darwen. In Blackpool's one season in League exile, 1899–90, Birket became the first Blackpool to score a hat-trick. It came against Darwen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Dunkley
Albert E. Dunkley (1877–1949) was an English professional footballer. An outside left, he played in the Football League for Leicester Fosse (1900; eleven appearances), Blackburn Rovers (1903; four appearances, one goal) and Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ... (1906; 15 appearances, three goals). References 1877 births 1949 deaths Footballers from Northampton English men's footballers Leicester City F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football forwards {{England-footy-forward-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |