They competed in the twenty-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing sixteenth.

After their victory over Lincoln City at Bloomfield Road on 4 October, Blackpool went on an eight-game winless streak.

After winning only nine games all season, the club finished fifth from the bottom of the table, with the lowest goals-scored tally (33) in the division.

Their FA Cup run ended at the first hurdle with a single-goal defeat at Gillingham on New Year's Day.

Fiske 3, Millership 16, Jones 38, Thorpe 9, Heslop 2, Booth 38, Charles 31, Turley 7, Brown 13, Gillow 2, Quinn 21, Connor 36, Buchan 24, Pagman 20, Sharp 3, Robson 21, Bainbridge 29, Rushton 1, Burke 2, Lane 26, Charlton 22, Rooks 7, Green 10, Wilson 1, Kidd 4, Keenan 1 Players used: 26 Fiske 1, Jones 1, Booth 1, Charles 1, Connor 1, Robson 1, Bainbridge 1, Lane 1, Charlton 1, Rooks 1, Green 1 Players used: 11 Lane 11, Charles 7, Connor 4, Charlton 3, Brown 2, Quinn 2, Buchan 2, Turley 1, Pagman 1, Goals scored: 33