Club: | Arsenal |
Season: | 1929–30 |
Manager: | Herbert Chapman |
Chairman: | Samuel Hill-Wood |
Stadium: | Highbury |
League: | First Division |
League Result: | 14th |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Winners |
Prevseason: | 1928–29 |
Nextseason: | 1930–31 |
The 1929–30 Arsenal F.C. season was 11th consecutive season in the top division of English football. The Gunners won their first ever piece of silverware this season, beating manager Herbert Chapman's old side Huddersfield Town 2–0 in the FA Cup final, the first of many FA Cups the Gunners would go on to win.
Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 August 1929 | Leeds United (H) | 4 - 0 | Parker (pen.), Hulme, Jack (2) | 41,885 | |
4 September 1929 | Manchester City (A) | 1 - 3 | Jack | 38,458 | |
7 September 1929 | Sheffield Wednesday (A) | 2 - 0 | Hulme, Jack | 31,735 | |
11 September 1929 | Manchester City (H) | 3 - 2 | Jack (2), Johnstone | 23,057 | |
14 September 1929 | Burnley (H) | 6 - 1 | Hulme, Jack, Lambert (2), James, Waterfield (o.g.) | 38,556 | |
21 September 1929 | Sunderland (A) | 1 - 0 | Lambert | 34,804 | |
25 September 1929 | Aston Villa (A) | 2 - 5 | Thompson, James | 33,850 | |
28 September 1929 | Bolton Wanderers (H) | 1 - 2 | Jones | 42,723 | |
5 October 1929 | Everton (A) | 1 - 1 | Hulme | 45,015 | |
12 October 1929 | Derby County (H) | 1 - 1 | Parker (pen.) | 42,448 | |
19 October 1929 | Grimsby Town (H) | 4 - 1 | Hulme, Lambert (3) | 43,794 | |
26 October 1929 | Manchester United (A) | 0 - 1 | 12,662 | ||
2 November 1929 | West Ham United (H) | 0 - 1 | 44,828 | ||
9 November 1929 | Birmingham (A) | 3 - 2 | Hulme (2), Jack | 33,904 | |
23 November 1929 | Blackburn Rovers (A) | 1 - 1 | Halliday | 25,591 | |
27 November 1929 | Middlesbrough (H) | 1 - 2 | Jack | 28,326 | |
30 November 1929 | Newcastle United (H) | 0 - 1 | 40,365 | ||
14 December 1929 | Huddersfield Town (H) | 2 - 0 | Hulme, Jack | 34,097 | |
16 December 1929 | Sheffield United (A) | 1 - 4 | Halliday | 16,134 | |
21 December 1929 | Liverpool (A) | 0 - 1 | 32,819 | ||
25 December 1929 | Portsmouth (A) | 1 - 0 | James | 27,475 | |
26 December 1929 | Portsmouth (H) | 1 - 2 | Hulme | 49,433 | |
28 December 1929 | Leeds United (A) | 0 - 2 | 29,167 | ||
4 January 1930 | Sheffield Wednesday (H) | 2 - 3 | Parker, Bastin | 40,766 | |
18 January 1930 | Burnley (A) | 2 - 2 | Jack, Bastin | 22,566 | |
1 February 1930 | Bolton Wanderers (A) | 0 - 0 | 27,336 | ||
8 February 1930 | Everton (H) | 4 - 0 | Williams, Lambert (3) | 27,302 | |
19 February 1930 | Derby County (A) | 1 - 4 | Halliday | 11,136 | |
22 February 1930 | Grimsby Town (A) | 1 - 1 | Lambert | 17,151 | |
8 March 1930 | West Ham United (A) | 2 - 3 | Jack (2) | 31,268 | |
12 March 1930 | Manchester United (H) | 4 - 2 | Hulme, Bastin, Lambert, Williams | 18,082 | |
15 March 1930 | Birmingham (H) | 1 - 0 | James | 32,174 | |
29 March 1930 | Blackburn Rovers (H) | 4 - 0 | Hulme, Lambert, Williams | 40,459 | |
2 April 1930 | Liverpool (H) | 0 - 1 | 18,824 | ||
5 April 1930 | Newcastle United (A) | 1 - 1 | Halliday | 36,609 | |
9 April 1930 | Middlesbrough (A) | 1 - 1 | Hulme | 9,287 | |
12 April 1930 | Sheffield United (H) | 8 - 1 | Hulme, Johnstone (2), Lambert (3), James, Bastin | 24,217 | |
18 April 1930 | Leicester City (H) | 1 - 1 | James | 46,663 | |
19 April 1930 | Huddersfield Town (A) | 2 - 2 | Hulme, Bastin | 11,988 | |
21 April 1930 | Leicester City (A) | 6 - 6 | Halliday (4), Bastin (2) | 27,241 | |
28 April 1930 | Sunderland (H) | 0 - 1 | 31,250 | ||
3 May 1930 | Aston Villa (H) | 2 - 4 | Lambert (2) | 37,036 |
See main article: 1929–30 FA Cup.
R3 | 11 January 1930 | Chelsea | H | 2–0 | 55,579 | ||
R4 | 25 January 1930 | Birmingham | H | 2–2 | 43,274 | ||
R4 R | 29 January 1930 | Birmingham | A | 1–0 | 47,521 | ||
R5 | 15 February 1930 | Middlesbrough | A | 2–0 | 42,073 | ||
R6 | 1 March 1930 | West Ham United | A | 3–0 | 40,797 | ||
SF | 22 March 1930 | Hull City | N | 2–2 | 47,549 | ||
SF R | 26 March 1930 | Hull City | N | 1–0 | 46,200 | ||
F | 26 April 1930 | Huddersfield Town | N | 2–0 | 92,486 |
Key
Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance | ||
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14 October 1929 | Brentford (A) | 1–2 | Parker (pen.) | NA |
Position[1] | Football League First Division | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
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Goals | Goals | Goals | |||||||
scope=row | MF | 19 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 2 | ||
scope=row | FW | 21 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 11 | ||
scope=row | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
scope=row | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
scope=row | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
scope=row | FW | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | ||
scope=row | DF | 38 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
scope=row | MF | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
scope=row | FW | 37 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 14 | ||
scope=row | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
scope=row | MF | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 16 | ||
scope=row | FW | 31 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 7 | ||
scope=row | MF | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
scope=row | FW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||
scope=row | FW | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
scope=row | FW | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 23 | ||
scope=row | GK | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
scope=row | DF | 41 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 3 | ||
scope=row | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
scope=row | GK | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
scope=row | MF | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
scope=row | MF | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
scope=row | FW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
scope=row | FW | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 |