# 2016–17 Blackpool F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 108th season in the Football League, and their first season back in League Two following back-to-back relegations from the 2014–15 Football League Championship and 2015–16 Football League One. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | LM | Colin Daniel | Port Vale | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Jamille Matt | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | Andy Taylor | Walsall | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Kyle Vassell | Peterborough United | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2016 | RB | Kelvin Mellor | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2016 | LB | Danny Pugh | Bury | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2016 | GK | Sam Slocombe | Oxford United | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2016 | CB | Eddie Nolan | York City | Free transfer |
| 19 August 2016 | CF | Armand Gnanduillet | Leyton Orient | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2016 | CM | Jack Payne | Peterborough United | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2016 | GK | Dean Lyness | Burton Albion | Free transfer |
| 21 January 2017 | CF | Nathan Delfouneso | Swindon Town | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2017 | ST | Raúl Correia | Radcliffe Borough | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2017 | DM | Ian Black | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Emmerson Boyce | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | Charles Dunne | Oldham Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | David Ferguson | Shildon | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | David Norris | Leatherhead | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | DM | Connor Oliver | North Ferriby United | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Martin Paterson | Port Vale | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | RM | Jarrett Rivers | Blyth Spartans | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Sam Roscoe | Aberdeen | Free transfer |
| 11 July 2016 | CF | Dion Charles | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2016 | GK | Colin Doyle | Bradford City | £1 |
| 12 August 2016 | RB | Alieu Njie | Lewes | Free transfer |
| 25 August 2016 | GK | Kyle Letheren | York City | Free transfer |
| 30 January 2017 | LW | Mark Yeates | Notts County | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | LB | Danny Pugh | Port Vale | Free transfer |
* ↑ Following Charles Dunne being released, he later signed for Oldham Athletic.
* ↑ Following David Norris being released, he later signed for Leatherhead.
* ↑ Following Connor Oliver being released, he later signed for North Ferriby United.
* ↑ Following Martin Paterson being released, he later signed for Port Vale.
* ↑ Following Jarrett Rivers being released, he later signed for Blyth Spartans.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 5 August 2016 | CM | Michael Cain | Leicester City | End of Season |
| 20 January 2017 | LW | Sanmi Odelusi | Wigan Athletic | End of Season |
| 30 January 2017 | CM | Jordan Flores | Wigan Athletic | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | CM | Neil Danns | Bury | End of Season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 26 August 2016 | RB | Macauley Wilson | Bamber Bridge | 23 September 2016 |
| 1 September 2016 | AM | John Herron | Dunfermline Athletic | 1 January 2017 |
| 28 October 2016 | LB | Luke Higham | Nuneaton Town | 25 November 2016 |
| 10 November 2016 | RB | Macauley Wilson | AFC Fylde | End of Season |
| 20 January 2017 | CF | Jack Redshaw | Rochdale | End of Season |
* ↑ On 19 January 2017, Macauley Wilson's loan deal at AFC Fylde was extended until the end of the season.

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Exeter City | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 75 | 56 | +19 | 71 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 69 | 68 | +1 | 71 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | Blackpool (O, P) | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 69 | 46 | +23 | 70 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Colchester United | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 57 | +10 | 69 | |
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 69 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One

#### Results by matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |

#### Play-offs
### FA Cup
### EFL Trophy

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Blackpool | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Everton U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | L1 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |

## Statistics

    As of 7 May 2017
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Sam Slocombe | 46 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Kelvin Mellor | 56 | 7 | 48+0 | 4 | 5+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Andy Taylor | 45 | 2 | 40+0 | 2 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Jim McAlister | 32 | 1 | 18+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Clark Robertson | 56 | 0 | 47+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Will Aimson | 31 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Kyle Vassell | 42 | 13 | 29+7 | 11 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Brad Potts | 52 | 13 | 45+0 | 11 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Mark Cullen | 40 | 13 | 20+10 | 13 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NZL | Henry Cameron | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jordan Flores | 21 | 3 | 14+7 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | John Herron | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Tom Aldred | 52 | 2 | 47+0 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IRL | Eddie Nolan | 10 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Danny Philliskirk | 24 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | JAM | Jamille Matt | 38 | 5 | 14+18 | 3 | 2+2 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NGA | Bright Osayi-Samuel | 42 | 5 | 13+20 | 4 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Colin Daniel | 41 | 4 | 28+7 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Luke Higham | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Myles Boney | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Michael Cain | 14 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | ENG | Dean Lyness | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Jack Payne | 44 | 1 | 35+3 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Sanmi Odelusi | 8 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Nathan Delfouneso | 20 | 6 | 17+3 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | CIV | Armand Gnanduillet | 26 | 6 | 9+11 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 32 | FW | IRL | Rowan Roache | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Christian N'Guessan | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | USA | Sebastien Des Pres | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GUY | Neil Danns | 17 | 2 | 15+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Ian Black | 13 | 0 | 1+12 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ENG | Jack Redshaw | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Macauley Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| Players that left the club: ||||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | IRL | Mark Yeates | 16 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Danny Pugh | 23 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

### Goals record

    As of 7 May 2017
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 9 | | CF | Mark Cullen | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | 7 | | CF | Kyle Vassell | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 1 | 8 | | CM | Brad Potts | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | | RB | Kelvin Mellor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 30 | | CF | Nathan Delfouneso | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 31 | | CF | Armand Gnanduillet | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 19 | | CF | Jamille Matt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 21 | | RM | Bright Osayi-Samuel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 23 | | LM | Colin Daniel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 12 | | CM | Jordan Flores | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | | LB | Andy Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 15 | | CB | Tom Aldred | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 35 | | CM | Neil Danns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | | CM | Jim McAlister | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 14 | | AM | John Herron | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 26 | | CM | Michael Cain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 28 | | CM | Jack Payne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 29 | | LW | Sanmi Odelusi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 77 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 90 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 7 May 2017
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Po. | Name | League Two | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 23 | | LM | Colin Daniel | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 15 | | CB | Tom Aldred | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | | LB | Andy Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | | CB | Clark Robertson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 21 | | RM | Bright Osayi-Samuel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | | CF | Kyle Vassell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | | CM | Brad Potts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 28 | | CM | Jack Payne | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 1 | | GK | Sam Slocombe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | | RB | Kelvin Mellor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | | CM | Jim McAlister | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | | CF | Mark Cullen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | | CM | Jordan Flores | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 19 | | CF | Jamille Matt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 22 | | LB | Danny Pugh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 31 | | CF | Armand Gnanduillet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 35 | | CM | Neil Danns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 37 | | DM | Ian Black | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 18 | | RW | Danny Philliskirk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 17 | | RW | Mark Yeates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 24 | | LB | Luke Higham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 29 | | LW | Sanmi Odelusi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 30 | | CF | Nathan Delfouneso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 80 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 1 | 2 |