Leicester_City_6–6_Arsenal_(21_April_1930)

Leicester City 6–6 Arsenal (1930)

Leicester City 6–6 Arsenal (1930)

Football match


The 1929–30 season First Division match between Leicester City and Arsenal at Filbert Street took place on 21 April 1930. The game finished as a 6–6 draw, the highest scoring draw in the history of first class English football.[1] The record still stands today though was matched in a Second Division fixture between Charlton Athletic and Middlesbrough in October 1960.[2][3]

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Attendance: 27,241
Leicester City
Arsenal
GK1England Joe Wright
RB2Scotland Adam Black
LB3England Jack Brown
RH4Scotland Johnny Duncan
CH5England Arthur Woolliscroft
LH6England Norman Watson
OR7England Hugh Adcock
IR8England Ernie Hine
CF9England Arthur Chandler
IL10Scotland Arthur Lochhead
OL11England Len Barry
Manager:
Scotland Willie Orr
GK1Wales Dan Lewis
RB2England Tom Parker
LB3England Horace Cope
RH4England Alf Baker
CH5England Alf Haynes
LH6Wales Bob John
OR7England Joe Hulme
IR8England David Jack
FW9Scotland Dave Halliday
IL10Scotland Alex James
OL11England Cliff Bastin
Manager:
England Herbert Chapman

Summary

The game took place five days before Arsenal's FA Cup final against Huddersfield Town and the club rested a number of players. Arsenal's David Halliday scored four goals[4] as Arsenal came back from a half-time scoreline of 3–1 to draw the game 6–6[5] The Gunners also had a goal disallowed.[5][6][7]

Aftermath

Arsenal played in the FA Cup final later in the same week. Despite his four goals Halliday was not selected for the game.[4] Arsenal went on to lift the trophy, defeating Huddersfield Town 2–0.[8] Halliday now had five goals from his last three Arsenal first team's games.[4] However, after the Leicester 6–6 draw he never played for Arsenal's first team again.[4]

Halliday later became Leicester's manager.[4][9]


References

  1. Harding, John (21 April 2011). "On This Day In History: April 21". Give Me Football. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. "On this day | Trivia | This Is Bristol". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2010.

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