1896–97 Blackpool F.C. season
| 1896–97 season | ||
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| Manager | None | |
| Second Division | 8th | |
| FA Cup | Fifth round qualifying | |
| Top goalscorer | League: Jack Parkinson (12) All: Jack Parkinson (14) | |
| Highest home attendance | 5,000 vs Newton Heath, 17 October 1896, Second Division 5,000 vs Grimsby Town, 1 January 1897, Second Division 5,000 vs Darwen, 16 April 1897, Second Division | |
| Lowest home attendance | 1,000 v. Woolwich Arsenal, 4 January 1897, Second Division 1,000 vs Walsall, 13 February 1897, Second Division | |
| Average home league attendance | 2,833 | |
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The 1896–97 season was Blackpool F.C.'s debut season in the Football League. They competed in the sixteen-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing eighth.
Jack Parkinson was the club's top scorer, with fifteen goals to his name. Tommy Bowman, William Douglas and Bob Norris were ever-present during the club's 30 league games.