1897–98 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1897–98 season was Blackpool F.C.'s second consecutive season in the Football League. They competed in the sixteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing eleventh.
| 1897–98 season | ||
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| Manager | None | |
| Division Two | 11th | |
| Top goalscorer | League: All: Jack Cox (12) | |
| Highest home attendance | 4,000 (v. Burnley, Newton Heath and Darwen) | |
| Lowest home attendance | 200 (v. Luton Town) | |
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New signings for the season included Jack Cox from South Shore, Jack Leadbetter, Frank Wilson, and McHardie. Out had gone Fred Thompson (after making only six appearances the previous season), Tom Bradshaw, and John Clarke.
Cox was the club's top scorer, with twelve goals in seventeen appearances. Goalkeeper William Douglas was ever-present throughout the club's 30 league games for the second consecutive season.
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