Leicester City 6–6 Arsenal (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

Event	1929–30 First Division
Leicester City Arsenal 6 6
Date	21 April 1930
Venue	Filbert Street, Leicester
Attendance	27,241

Details

21 April 1930 (1930-04-21)

Leicester City	6–6	Arsenal
Adcock (2) Lochhead (2) Hine Barry		Halliday (4) Bastin (2)

Filbert Street, Leicester

Attendance: 27,241

Leicester City

Arsenal

GK 1 Joe Wright RB 2 Adam Black LB 3 Jack Brown RH 4 Johnny Duncan CH 5 Arthur Woolliscroft LH 6 Norman Watson OR 7 Hugh Adcock IR 8 Ernie Hine CF 9 Arthur Chandler IL 10 Arthur Lochhead OL 11 Len Barry Manager: Willie Orr

GK 1 Dan Lewis RB 2 Tom Parker LB 3 Horace Cope RH 4 Alf Baker CH 5 Alf Haynes LH 6 Bob John OR 7 Joe Hulme IR 8 David Jack FW 9 Dave Halliday IL 10 Alex James OL 11 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 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]