# 1929–30 Arsenal F.C. season

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.

## Football League First Division
### League match details
#### Results

| 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 |

### Partial league table

Football League First Division final table, positions 12–16 :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 12 | Liverpool | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 79 | 0.797 | 41 |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 66 | 62 | 1.065 | 40 |
| 14 | Arsenal | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 78 | 66 | 1.182 | 39 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 74 | 74 | 1.000 | 39 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 82 | 84 | 0.976 | 38 |

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance |
| 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 |

## London Challenge Cup
### London Challenge Cup match details

Key
* In the result column, Arsenal's score is shown first
* A = Away match
* pen. = Penalty kick
Results :
| Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| 14 October 1929 | Brentford (A) | 1–2 | Parker (pen.) | NA |

## Players

Player statistics :
| Player | Position | Football League First Division | Football League First Division | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Player | Position | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals | Apps. | Goals |
| Alf Baker | MF | 19 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
| Cliff Bastin | FW | 21 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 11 |
| Jimmy Brain | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jack Butler | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Horace Cope | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Halliday | FW | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 |
| Eddie Hapgood | DF | 38 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Alf Haynes | MF | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Hulme | FW | 37 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 14 |
| Bert Humpish | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| David Jack | MF | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 16 |
| Alex James | FW | 31 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 7 |
| Bob John | MF | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Bill Johnstone | FW | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Charlie Jones | FW | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Jack Lambert | FW | 20 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 23 |
| Dan Lewis | GK | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Tom Parker | DF | 41 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 3 |
| Harry Peel | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Preedy | GK | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Herbie Roberts | MF | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bill Seddon | MF | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | FW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Joey Williams | FW | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 |