Event | 1929β30 First Division | ||||||
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Date | 21 April 1930 | ||||||
Venue | Filbert Street, Leicester | ||||||
Attendance | 27,241 |
The 1929β30 season First Division match between Leicester City and Arsenal at Filbert Street took place on 21 April 1930. The game finished as a 6β6 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 | 6β6 | Arsenal |
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Adcock (2) Lochhead (2) Hine Barry |
Halliday (4) Bastin (2) |
Leicester City
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Arsenal
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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 3β1 to draw the game 6β6 [5] The Gunners also had a goal disallowed. [5] [6] [7]
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 2β0. [8] Halliday now had five goals from his last three Arsenal first team's games. [4] However, after the Leicester 6β6 draw he never played for Arsenal's first team again. [4]
Halliday later became Leicester's manager. [4] [9]
Event | 1929β30 First Division | ||||||
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| |||||||
Date | 21 April 1930 | ||||||
Venue | Filbert Street, Leicester | ||||||
Attendance | 27,241 |
The 1929β30 season First Division match between Leicester City and Arsenal at Filbert Street took place on 21 April 1930. The game finished as a 6β6 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 | 6β6 | Arsenal |
---|---|---|
Adcock (2) Lochhead (2) Hine Barry |
Halliday (4) Bastin (2) |
Leicester City
|
Arsenal
|
|
|
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 3β1 to draw the game 6β6 [5] The Gunners also had a goal disallowed. [5] [6] [7]
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 2β0. [8] Halliday now had five goals from his last three Arsenal first team's games. [4] However, after the Leicester 6β6 draw he never played for Arsenal's first team again. [4]
Halliday later became Leicester's manager. [4] [9]