Blackpool defender Horace Fairhurst suffered a head injury during Blackpool's game against Barnsley at Oakwell on 27 December 1920. He died at home eleven days later as a result of the injury.
Jimmy Heathcote was the club's top scorer, with eighteen goals.
Season synopsis
Although Blackpool matched the previous season's fourth-placed finishing position, this campaign's League season got off to a slow start, picking up only two points from a possible eight from their opening four games. A victory, 4–0 at home to Coventry City on 11 September, got them on their way. Two wins in their next three games followed.
At the halfway point, they had 25 points to their name. They acquired another 25 in the second half, but a loss and three draws in their final four fixtures saw them unable to keep pace with Birmingham and Cardiff City.
For the second straight season, Blackpool exited the FA Cup in Round Two.
