Blackpool F.C. season 1929–30

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.

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.

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