The 2004–05 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 97th season (94th consecutive) in the

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. It was also their fourth consecutive season in the third tier of

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. They finished in sixteenth place. Scott Taylor was the club's top scorer for the second consecutive season, with fourteen goals (twelve in the league, one in the

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and one in the League Cup). It was

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's first season as manager, having been hired in June 2004.

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