Leicester City 6–6 Arsenal (1930)
| Event | 1929–30 First Division | ||||||
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| Date | 21 April 1930 | ||||||
| Venue | Filbert Street, Leicester | ||||||
| Attendance | 27,241 | ||||||
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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Summary
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Arsenal's A to Z... L is for Ljungberg | News Archive | News | Arsenal.com
- ^ "On this day | Trivia | This Is Bristol". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d e "Queens Legends, Dave Halliday" www.qosfc.com
- ^ a b "The Montreal Gazette – Google News Archive Search".
- ^ Forward, Arsenal! – Google Books
- ^ Donnelley, Paul (4 October 2010). Firsts, Lasts & Onlys of Football: Presenting the most amazing football facts from the last 160 years. ISBN 9780600622543.
- ^ Motson's Fa Cup Odyssey: The World's ... – Google Books
- ^ Bagchi, Rob (6 October 2011). "The forgotten story of … Leicester City: Ice Kings | Rob Bagchi". The Guardian.