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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}{{Use British English|date=December 2014}}Blackpool F.C. | |
Season 1973-74 |
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League | Division Two | Manager | Harry Potts | League position | 5th | Top goalscorer | League: Micky Burns (14) Combined: Micky Burns (17) | FA Cup | Third round[1] | League Cup | Second round[2] | Highest home attendance | Lowest home attendance | Previous season | ← 1972-73 | Next season | 1974-75 → |
The 1973–74 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 66th season (63rd consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifth. This was Harry Potts' first full season in charge. Micky Burns was the club's top scorer, with seventeen goals (fourteen in the league and three in the League Cup). Alan Suddick scored his 100th League goal, a penalty, in Blackpool's 3–0 victory over Preston North End at Bloomfield Road on 23 March 1974.[3]Table | P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | 1 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 77 | 30 | 2.567 | 65 | 2 | Luton Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 64 | 51 | 1.255 | 50 | 3 | Carlisle United | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 48 | 1.271 | 49 | 4 | Orient | 42 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 55 | 42 | 1.310 | 48 | 5 | Blackpool | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 57 | 40 | 1.425 | 47 | 6 | Sunderland | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 44 | 1.318 | 47 | 7 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 57 | 43 | 1.326 | 45 | 8 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 48 | 45 | 1.067 | 44 | 9 | Hull City | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 46 | 47 | 0.979 | 43 | 10 | Notts County | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 55 | 60 | 0.917 | 43 | 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 44 | 40 | 1.100 | 42 | 12 | Millwall | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 51 | 51 | 1.000 | 42 | 13 | Fulham | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 43 | 0.907 | 42 | 14 | Aston Villa | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 45 | 1.067 | 41 | 15 | Portsmouth | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 45 | 62 | 0.726 | 40 | 16 | Bristol City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 47 | 54 | 0.870 | 38 | 17 | Cardiff City | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 49 | 62 | 0.790 | 36 | 18 | Oxford United | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 35 | 46 | 0.761 | 36 | 19 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 51 | 63 | 0.810 | 35 | 20 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 43 | 56 | 0.768 | 34 | 21 | Preston North End | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 40 | 62 | 0.645 | 31* | 22 | Swindon Town | 42 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 72 | 0.500 | 25 | * Preston North End had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.Notes1. ^Entered competition in third round 2. ^Entered competition in second round 3. ^The Seasiders
References- {{cite book | first=Roy | last=Calley| coauthors= | title=Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992 | publisher=Breedon Books Sport | location= | year=1992 | editor= | isbn=1-873626-07-X}}
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