ARSENAL  1  NEWCASTLE UNITED  2



Jimmy Nelson followed by two goal Jack Allen

As expected the Gunners dominated the opening stages of the game and took the lead after 15 minutes, Bob John heading home from close range. 

However Newcastle were back on level terms before the break. Jimmy Richardson chased a long ball to the goal line and crossed it back for Jack Allen who managed to stab the ball home.

While the Newcastle players wheeled away in delight their opponents were left enraged, claiming that the ball had gone out for a goal kick before Richardson had pulled it back to Allen.

Allen went on to seal Newcastle’s victory in the second half.

From The Guardian:

The film (writes a pressman who saw it yesterday - seems to make it clear that the ball was more than a foot over the goal line when Boyd centred it for Allen to score. By a clever device the film is stopped for several seconds just at the point when Boyd is about to centre the ball. This enables spectators to assure themselves that the ball was well over the white line.

The referee can also be seen about midway between the Arsenal's goal and the centre line, running towards the goal. The linesman cannot be seen in the picture at all.

Referee unmoved

Mr. W. P. Harper, the referee, gave a reporter his version of the disputed goal incident last night at his home in Stourbridge. "I gave the goal in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Football Association," he said. "It was definitely a goal." 

Mr. Harper has not seen the film of the match, and when it was suggested to him that the ball was out of play when Boyd centred it, he replied:

"The ball was definitely in play. I was so certain that the goal was good that I did not even consider it necessary to consult the linesman, and I am still just as certain. 

"I was, of course, well up with the play, and was in a position to see the incident clearly. Whatever the film may appear to show will not make me alter my opinion."

Mr. Cunningham, manager of the Newcastle team, stated last night that Boyd never touched the ball. 

"The player that centred the ball for Allen to score the equaliser was Richardson," he said. "The referee was in a good position to see the movement and was obviously convinced that the ball was in play, and that is good enough." 

Allen also said that it was Richardson who made the pass. "From my position I could not see whether it had gone out of play or not," he added.

AFC: Moss, Parker, Hapgood, Jones, Roberts, Male, Hulme, Jack, Lambert, Bastin, John.

Goal: John