The 1929âÂÂ30 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 29th season (26th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing first, winning their only League championship to date.
Jimmy Hampson was the club's top scorer for the third consecutive season, with 46 goals in total (45 in the league and one in the FA Cup). He was also the top goal scorer in England.
The league season began on 31 August with a visit to Bloomfield Road by Millwall. The hosts won 4âÂÂ3, with goals from Percy Downes, Dick Neal, Jimmy Hampson and Alex Ritchie, in front of a crowd of 15,760.
Another home game followed on 2 September. Bury were the opponents on this occasion, and they returned to Gigg Lane pointless after strikes by Hampson and Downes gave Blackpool a 2âÂÂ1 victory.
Hampson scored twice in a 4âÂÂ2 defeat at Southampton five days later, but Blackpool returned to winning ways on 9 September with a 5âÂÂ1 win against Nottingham Forest at Bloomfield Road. Billy Upton (two), Downes and Hampson (two) were the scorers for the home side.
Tottenham travelled north to Lancashire on 14 September, and they returned whence they had come with a 3âÂÂ2 defeat behind them. Another double from Hampson was coupled with a strike from Upton to give the Seasiders a 3âÂÂ2 victory.
Hampson scored his ninth goal in six games on 21 September, in a 5âÂÂ1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion.
Blackpool finished off a busy September with a single-goal home victory over Bradford Park Avenue, with Downes netting his fourth of the season.
Into October, and Blackpool travelled to Barnsley on the 5th. They won 4âÂÂ2, courtesy of Hampson hat-trick and Jock Lauderdale's first goal of the season.
Blackpool hosted Cardiff City on 12 October, and the home side made it three wins on the trot with a 3âÂÂ0 scoreline. Billy Tremelling, Hampson and Cyril Quinn got the goals.
Another victory followed, at Preston North End in the first West Lancashire derby of the season. Another Hampson treble, along with two goals from Downes and one from Lauderdale, resulted in a 6âÂÂ4 scoreline.
Bristol City visited the seaside on 26 October, and Blackpool continued their winning trend. A hat-trick from Downes, two goals from Hampson, and one each from Lauderdale and Upton gave Harry Evans' men a 7âÂÂ1 victory.
Blackpool travelled to Notts County on 2 November, and returned home with both points after a 2âÂÂ0 victory. Lauderdale and Hampson were the goalscorers.
Seven days later, Blackpool welcomed Reading to Bloomfield Road. A Hampson double, and one goal apiece from Upton and Quinn gave the home side a 4âÂÂ2 victory.
Charlton Athletic was the destination on 16 November, and Blackpool recorded their eighth consecutive victory, courtesy of goals by Hall, Hampson and Upton (two).
Blackpool suffered only their third defeat in fifteen games at home to Hull City on 23 November. Hampson scored the hosts' goal in the 1âÂÂ2 scoreline.
Hampson was the sole Blackpool scorer once again in the following game, and this time it was the only goal of the game as the Seasiders won at Stoke City.
December began with a 3âÂÂ2 edging of Wolves at Bloomfield Road, Neal, Hampson and Upton the scorers for Pool.
Bradford City were their next opponents, at Valley Parade, on 14 December. Honours were shared in a 1âÂÂ1 draw, Blackpool's first such result of the season. Downes got the visitors' goal.
Swansea Town visited Bloomfield Road a week later. Blackpool won 3âÂÂ0, with goals from Hampson (two) and Downes.
Two games in as many days against Chelsea followed. At Bloomfield Road on Christmas Day the two sides drew 1âÂÂ1, with Ritchie getting the Seasiders goal. On Boxing Day, Chelsea hosted the Lancastrians at Stamford Bridge. The home side were victorious 4âÂÂ0. It was the first time Blackpool had failed to score in their 21 league games up until that point.
The Seasiders remained in London for their next game, at Millwall on 28 December, their fourth game in seven days. Millwall won 3âÂÂ1. Upton scored the visitors' goal.
On New Year's Day, Blackpool travelled to Bury, and returned to winning ways with a single-goal result. Ritchie was the scorer.
On 4 January, Southampton made the long trip to Bloomfield Road. Blackpool won 5âÂÂ1, courtesy of a Hampson's hat-trick of hat-tricks for the season and one each from Tremelling and Ritchie.
The FA Cup intervened on 11 January. Blackpool hosted Stockport County at Bloomfield Road in a third-round tie and won 2âÂÂ1, both strikes by Tommy Browell, his only goals of the season.
Back to League affairs, Blackpool returned to London to face Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. Spurs won 6âÂÂ1, Quinn getting the visitors' goal.
Blackpool exited the FA Cup at the fourth-round stage on 25 January. Hull City knocked them out with a 3âÂÂ1 home victory. Hampson scored Blackpool's goal.
A third consecutive defeat for Blackpool ensued, this time in the League at Bradford Park Avenue on 1 February. The 0âÂÂ5 scoreline meant Blackpool had conceded fourteen goals in those three matches.
Blackpool completed a double over Barnsley on 8 February. Downes and Hampson scored the goals in the 2âÂÂ1 Bloomfield Road victory.
Inconsistency remained the theme as Blackpool lost their next game, at Cardiff City on 15 February. Albert Watson, with his only strike of the season, and Charles Broadhurst, with his first of the season, were the scorers for the visitors in their 4âÂÂ2 defeat.
Goals from Ritchie, Broadhurst, Upton (two) and Hampson gave Blackpool a 5âÂÂ1 home victory over Preston North End on 22 February, making a total of sixteen goals scored in the two West Lancashire derbies this season.
Bristol City were the next opponents for Blackpool, at Ashton Gate on 1 March. A Broadhurst strike was the only goal of the game.
Four days later, at home to West Brom, Blackpool made it three wins on the trot with another single-goal scoreline. Hampson scored his 33rd league goal of the campaign, and was not done yet.
Notts County were the visitors to Bloomfield Road on 8 March, and they returned to Nottingham with both points after a 2âÂÂ1 victory. A Broadhurst penalty accounted for Blackpool's side of the scoreline.
Blackpool travelled to Reading seven days later, and they returned home with a point. Hampson got the visitors' goal in the 1âÂÂ1 scoreline.
Hampson took his league goals haul to forty courtesy of four goals in a 6âÂÂ0 win at home to Charlton Athletic on 22 March. Charlie Rattray and Upton got Pools other goals.
Blackpool also defeated Hull City, at Anlaby Road, the following weekend. Hampson, with a brace, and Broadhurst got the goals in the 3âÂÂ0 result.
Stoke City exacted revenge for their defeat back in November with a 2âÂÂ0 victory at Bloomfield Road on 5 April.
The second of April's five league fixtures for Blackpool took them to Wolves on the 12th. Hampson and Tremelling scored in the visitors' 2âÂÂ1 win.
On 18 April, Blackpool and Oldham Athletic faced each other in the first of two meetings in three days. Blackpool won the first match-up, at Bloomfield Road, 3âÂÂ0. Jack Oxberry, Hampson and Downes scored the goals.
The scoreline was repeated the next day at the same venue. Bradford City were on the receiving end of two goals from Hampson and one from Oxberry.
Blackpool also won the return fixture with Oldham Athletic, at Boundary Park, 1âÂÂ2. Hampson and Oxberry (his third goal in as many games) were the scorers once more.
April's final game took Blackpool to Swansea, where they were dealt a 3âÂÂ0 defeat.
Blackpool claimed the championship on the final day of the season, 3 May, with a goalless draw at Nottingham Forest. Runners-up Chelsea could have won the title themselves the same afternoon if they had won and Blackpool had lost, but the Londoners were defeated at Bury by a single goal.
Players used: 27
Total goals scored: 101