1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season
| 1916–17 season | ||
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| Manager | None | |
| Football League, Lancashire Section | 16th (Principal Competition) | |
| Football League, Lancashire Section, Group C | 10th (Subsidiary Competition) | |
| FA Cup | Competition suspended | |
| Top goalscorer | League: All: Williamson (10) | |
| Highest home attendance | 6,000 | |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,000 | |
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The 1916–17 season was Blackpool F.C.'s second season in special wartime football during World War I. They competed in two Football League competitions spread over the full season — the Lancashire Section, Northern Group Principal Competition, for thirty games, and then in the Lancashire Section, Group C, Subsidiary Competition, for a further six games. The club finished in last place, 16th, in the principal competition and 10th in the subsidiary competition. Williamson was the club's top scorer, with ten goals (six in the principal competition, three in the subsidiary and one in other games). Harry Hampton, who scored over 200 goals for Aston Villa between 1904 and 1920, briefly played for Blackpool this season, scoring eight goals in seven league games.
The FA Cup was suspended for the duration of the war.