Arrivals, either during the season in exile or during this campaign, included Jack Parkinson (returning after a season with Liverpool), goalkeeper Joe Dorrington from Blackburn Rovers, Jack Birchall, John Burden, Edward Threlfall, Alfred Boulton, Lorenzo Evans, former schoolboy Harold Hardman, and Geordie Anderson.

Out went Henry Parr (who played in the club's first game in the Football League), Jack Morris (despite scoring four goals in his five appearances the previous season), and Gamble.

New Brighton Tower were their first opponents, and Blackpool returned from Wallasey with a point after a goalless draw, goalkeeper Joe Dorrington keeping a clean sheet on his Football League debut for the club.

[2] Blackpool's first victory of the season followed, 2–1 at Walsall, with Birkett and Lorenzo Evans finding the net.

Blackpool continued their unbeaten start to the season with a single-goal victory at Stockport County on 20 October, Birkett getting the goal.

Blackpool's first win five games was obtained on 22 December, by a single goal, at home to Leicester Fosse.

To offset their run of victories, Blackpool went on to lose their next two games — at Grimsby Town and Chesterfield, respectively — both by a 2–0 scoreline.

Grimsby Town completed a double over Blackpool seven days later, and that was followed by a 3–0 defeat at Lincoln City on 16 March.

Blackpool were victorious for the first time in six games thanks to a 2–1 result against Burslem Port Vale at Bloomfield Road on 5 April.

The very next day, Middlesbrough returned to the North East pointless after Blackpool won 3–0, Anderson, Parkinson, and a 'Boro own goal doing the damage.