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1977–78 Blackpool F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Blackpool F.C.
season	1977–78
league	Division Two
manager	Allan Brown
(succeeded by Jimmy Meadows)
league result	20th (relegated)
league topscorer	Bob Hatton (22)
season topscorer	Bob Hatton (24)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
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pattern_b1	_2whiteshoulderstripes
pattern_ra1	_shoulder_stripes_white_stripes
pattern_sh1	_orange_stripes
pattern_so1	_band_white
leftarm1	ffa500
body1	ffa500
rightarm1	ffa500
shorts1	ffffff
socks1	ffa500
prevseason	1976–77
nextseason	1978–79

(succeeded by Jimmy Meadows)

The 1977–78 season was '''Blackpool F.C.''''s 70th season (67th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twentieth, their lowest League position since 1928. As a result, they were relegated to Division Three for the first time in their history.

Allan Brown was sacked as manager during the season, and replaced by Jimmy Meadows for his second stint as Blackpool's caretaker manager.

Bob Hatton was the club's top scorer, with 24 goals (22 in the league, one in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup).

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References

Entered competition in third round
Entered competition in second round
Gillatt, Peter. (30 November 2009). "Blackpool FC on This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year". Pitch Publishing Ltd.

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