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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]

Details

Leicester City6–6Arsenal
Adcock (2)
Lochhead (2)
Hine
Barry 		Halliday (4)
Bastin (2)
Attendance: 27,241
Leicester City
Arsenal
GK 1 England Joe Wright
RB 2 Scotland Adam Black
LB 3 England Jack Brown
RH 4 Scotland Johnny Duncan
CH 5 England Arthur Woolliscroft
LH 6 England Norman Watson
OR 7 England Hugh Adcock
IR 8 England Ernie Hine
CF 9 England Arthur Chandler
IL 10 Scotland Arthur Lochhead
OL 11 England Len Barry
Manager:
Scotland Willie Orr
GK 1 Wales Dan Lewis
RB 2 England Tom Parker
LB 3 England Horace Cope
RH 4 England Alf Baker
CH 5 England Alf Haynes
LH 6 Wales Bob John
OR 7 England Joe Hulme
IR 8 England David Jack
FW 9 Scotland Dave Halliday
IL 10 Scotland Alex James
OL 11 England 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. ^ 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. ^ a b c d e "Queens Legends, Dave Halliday" www.qosfc.com
  5. ^ a b "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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