Edward Threlfall was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven years at Blackpool in the early 1900s, making over three hundred Football League appearances for the club. He played as a defender.
Threlfall made his debut for Blackpool in the opening League game of the 1900âÂÂ01 season, a goalless draw at New Brighton Tower. He went on to appear in 29 of their remaining 33 League games that season. He also became possibly the first Blackpool player to be sent off in a League game. During the fixture against Burslem Port Vale on 15 December, Threlfall was given his marching orders for "rough play" when "a regrettable incident occurred about three minutes off time". Threlfall later complained that he had not been cautioned "before the referee took this extreme course".
In 1901âÂÂ02, Threlfall missed only two of Blackpool's 34 League games. He also scored his first goal for the club, in a 1âÂÂ1 draw at home to Glossop North End on 1 February.
He made 26 League appearances in 1902âÂÂ03, including one game at right-back while Bob Birkett was unavailable. He scored two goals â the first in a 2âÂÂ1 defeat at Woolwich Arsenal on 8 November; the second in a 2âÂÂ0 victory over Manchester United at Bloomfield Road on 13 February.
Threlfall chalked up thirty League appearances in 1903âÂÂ04, scoring one goal â in a 2âÂÂ1 victory at home to Gainsborough Trinity on 19 March.
He scored the fifth goal of his career the following season, 1904âÂÂ05, in a 6âÂÂ0 home victory over Barnsley on 7 January, en route to making 32 League appearances. He also made his FA Cup debut for the club on 14 January, in a 2âÂÂ1 defeat at Bristol City.
Threlfall missed only one game of Blackpool's 1905âÂÂ06 League campaign, scoring one goal in the process â in a 3âÂÂ0 home win against Clapton Orient on 27 April, in the final League game of the season. He also scored once in the FA Cup to take Blackpool to a second first-round replay against Crystal Palace.
In 1906âÂÂ07, Threlfall made 36 League appearances. He also scored three goals, all at Bloomfield Road â in a 4âÂÂ1 victory over Glossop North End on 20 October, in a 2âÂÂ1 defeat to Nottingham Fores on 24 November, and in a 4âÂÂ3 victory over Grimsby Town on 20 April, in the penultimate League game of the season.
Starts for Threlfall were sporadic in 1907âÂÂ08. He made twenty League appearances in total, but he sat out fifteen consecutive games between November and February. He scored one goal, in a 3âÂÂ0 home win over Grimsby Town on 1 April.
Threlfall made 28 League appearances in 1908âÂÂ09. He scored one goal, in Blackpool's 2âÂÂ0 FA Cup first-round victory over Hastings & St Leonards United on 16 January.
In 1909âÂÂ10, his tenth season with Blackpool, Threlfall made 31 League appearances.
1910âÂÂ11 proved to be Threlfall's final season with Blackpool. He made eighteen League appearances, the final one occurring on 25 February, in a 2âÂÂ1 defeat at Clapton Orient.