| Leicester City 6–6 Arsenal | |
| Event: | 1929–30 First Division |
| Team1: | Leicester City |
| Team1score: | 6 |
| Team2: | Arsenal |
| Team2score: | 6 |
| Date: | 21 April 1930 |
| Stadium: | Filbert Street |
| City: | 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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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.[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 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]