Leicester City 6–6 Arsenal (21 April 1930)

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]

Leicester City 6–6 Arsenal
Event1929–30 First Division
Leicester City Arsenal
6 6
Date21 April 1930
VenueFilbert Street, Leicester
Attendance27,241

Details
Leicester City6–6Arsenal
Adcock (2)
Lochhead (2)
Hine
Barry 		Halliday (4)
Bastin (2)
Attendance: 27,241
Leicester City
Arsenal
GK1 Joe Wright
RB2 Adam Black
LB3 Jack Brown
RH4 Johnny Duncan
CH5 Arthur Woolliscroft
LH6 Norman Watson
OR7 Hugh Adcock
IR8 Ernie Hine
CF9 Arthur Chandler
IL10 Arthur Lochhead
OL11 Len Barry
Manager:
Willie Orr
GK1 Dan Lewis
RB2 Tom Parker
LB3 Horace Cope
RH4 Alf Baker
CH5 Alf Haynes
LH6 Bob John
OR7 Joe Hulme
IR8 David Jack
FW9 Dave Halliday
IL10 Alex James
OL11 Cliff Bastin
Manager:
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 teams 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. Arsenal's A to Z... L is for Ljungberg | News Archive | News | Arsenal.com
  3. "On this day | Trivia | This Is Bristol". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  4. "Queens Legends, Dave Halliday" www.qosfc.com
  5. "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
  6. Forward, Arsenal! – Google Books
  7. Donnelley, Paul (4 October 2010). Firsts, Lasts & Onlys of Football: Presenting the most amazing football facts from the last 160 years. ISBN 9780600622543.
  8. Motson's Fa Cup Odyssey: The World's ... – Google Books
  9. Bagchi, Rob (6 October 2011). "The forgotten story of … Leicester City: Ice Kings | Rob Bagchi". The Guardian.
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