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1974–75 Blackpool F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Blackpool F.C.
season	1974–75
league	Division Two
manager	Harry Potts
league result	7th
league topscorer	Mickey Walsh (12)
season topscorer	Mickey Walsh (13)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
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prevseason	1973–74
nextseason	1975–76

The 1974–75 season was '''Blackpool F.C.''''s 67th season (64th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing seventh.

Mickey Walsh was the club's top scorer, with thirteen goals (twelve in the league and one in the League Cup).

Glyn James retired at the end of the season after fifteen years of service for Blackpool, his only professional club.

On 24 August, 18-year-old Blackpool fan Kevin Olsson was fatally stabbed in the Bloomfield Road stands during the Blackpool v. Bolton Wanderers League match. No arrest was ever made for the murder. 25 years later, a plaque commemorating Olsson was installed on the exterior wall of Bloomfield Road's North-West Stand.

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Entered competition in third round
Entered competition in second round
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160222103536/http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/never-forgotten-pool-honour-murdered-fan-1-383052 "Never forgotten - Pool honour murdered fan"] - ''[[Lancashire Evening Post]]'', 28 August, 2009

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