1896–97 Blackpool F.C. season
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The 1896–97 season was Blackpool F.C.'s debut season in the Football League. They competed in the sixteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing eighth.
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Manager | None | |
Second Division | 8th | |
FA Cup | Fifth round qualifying | |
Top goalscorer | League: Jack Parkinson (12) All: Jack Parkinson (14) | |
Highest home attendance | 5,000 vs Newton Heath, 17 October 1896, Second Division 5,000 vs Grimsby Town, 1 January 1897, Second Division 5,000 vs Darwen, 16 April 1897, Second Division[lower-roman 1] | |
Lowest home attendance | 1,000 v. Woolwich Arsenal, 4 January 1897, Second Division 1,000 vs Walsall, 13 February 1897, Second Division[lower-roman 1] | |
Average home league attendance | 2,833[lower-roman 1] | |
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Jack Parkinson was the club's top scorer, with fifteen goals to his name. Tommy Bowman, William Douglas and Bob Norris were ever-present during the club's 30 league games.