The 1929–30 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 29th season (26th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing first, winning their only League championship to date.
Jimmy Hampson was the club's top scorer for the third consecutive season, with 46 goals in total (45 in the league and one in the FA Cup). He was also the top goal scorer in England.
Season review
The league season began on 31 August with a visit to Bloomfield Road by Millwall. The hosts won 4–3, with goals from Percy Downes, Dick Neal, Jimmy Hampson and Alex Ritchie, in front of a crowd of 15,760.
Another home game followed on 2 September. Bury were the opponents on this occasion, and they returned to Gigg Lane pointless after strikes by Hampson and Downes gave Blackpool a 2–1 victory.
Hampson scored twice in a 4–2 defeat at Southampton five days later, but Blackpool returned to winning ways on 9 September with a 5–1 win against Nottingham Forest at Bloomfield Road. Billy Upton (two), Downes and Hampson (two) were the scorers for the home side.
Tottenham travelled north to Lancashire on 14 September, and they returned whence they had come with a 3–2 defeat behind them. Another double from Hampson was coupled with a strike from Upton to give the Seasiders a 3–2 victory.
Hampson scored his ninth goal in six games on 21 September, in a 5–1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion.
Blackpool finished off a busy September with a single-goal home victory over Bradford Park Avenue, with Downes netting his fourth of the season.
Into October, and Blackpool travelled to Barnsley on the 5th. They won 4–2, courtesy of Hampson hat-trick and Jock Lauderdale's first goal of the season.
Blackpool hosted Cardiff City on 12 October, and the home side made it three wins on the trot with a 3–0 scoreline. Billy Tremelling, Hampson and Cyril Quinn got the goals.
Another victory followed, at Preston North End in the first West Lancashire derby of the season. Another Hampson treble, along with two goals from Downes and one from Lauderdale, resulted in a 6–4 scoreline.
Bristol City visited the seaside on 26 October, and Blackpool continued their winning trend. A hat-trick from Downes, two goals from Hampson, and one each from Lauderdale and Upton gave Harry Evans' men a 7–1 victory.
Blackpool travelled to Notts County on 2 November, and returned home with both points after a 2–0 victory. Lauderdale and Hampson were the goalscorers.
Seven days later, Blackpool welcomed Reading to Bloomfield Road. A Hampson double, and one goal apiece from Upton and Quinn gave the home side a 4–2 victory.
Charlton Athletic was the destination on 16 November, and Blackpool recorded their eighth consecutive victory, courtesy of goals by Hall, Hampson and Upton (two).
Blackpool suffered only their third defeat in fifteen games at home to Hull City on 23 November. Hampson scored the hosts' goal in the 1–2 scoreline.
Hampson was the sole Blackpool scorer once again in the following game, and this time it was the only goal of the game as the Seasiders won at Stoke City.
December began with a 3–2 edging of Wolves at Bloomfield Road, Neal, Hampson and Upton the scorers for Pool.
Bradford City were their next opponents, at Valley Parade, on 14 December. Honours were shared in a 1–1 draw, Blackpool's first such result of the season. Downes got the visitors' goal.
Swansea Town visited Bloomfield Road a week later. Blackpool won 3–0, with goals from Hampson (two) and Downes.
Two games in as many days against Chelsea followed. At Bloomfield Road on Christmas Day the two sides drew 1–1, with Ritchie getting the Seasiders''' goal. On Boxing Day, Chelsea hosted the Lancastrians at Stamford Bridge. The home side were victorious 4–0. It was the first time Blackpool had failed to score in their 21 league games up until that point.The Seasiders remained in London for their next game, at Millwall on 28 December, their fourth game in seven days. Millwall won 3–1. Upton scored the visitors' goal.
On New Year's Day, Blackpool travelled to Bury, and returned to winning ways with a single-goal result. Ritchie was the scorer.
On 4 January, Southampton made the long trip to Bloomfield Road. Blackpool won 5–1, courtesy of a Hampson's hat-trick of hat-tricks for the season and one each from Tremelling and Ritchie.
The FA Cup intervened on 11 January. Blackpool hosted Stockport County at Bloomfield Road in a third-round tie and won 2–1, both strikes by Tommy Browell, his only goals of the season.