Given the nature of the celebration the date of St Totteringham's Day changes each year and whisper it if you're an Arsenal fan sometimes doesn't occur at all. When it does happen the date tends to fall in March, April or May. During the tenure of Arsene Wenger as Arsenal boss it became something of an inevitability and Gunners fans were able to celebrate finishing ahead of Spurs for a remarkable uninterrupted period of 21 years. However, the tide has been turning since the final years of Wenger's reign and Tottenham ensured that the holiday was cancelled in the season, doing so in emphatic fashion by beating the Gunners at White Hart Lane.
There was no St Totteringham's Day in either as Spurs finished third, a massive 14 points ahead of Arsenal, who ended the campaign in sixth place. Nor was there a St Totteringham's Day in , when Spurs finished sixth, three points ahead of the Gunners. One of the most memorable St Totteringham's Days for Arsenal fans came in the season when Wenger's side leapfrogged Spurs on the final day of the season.
The longest gap is from 22 March until 6 April At 18 years, 15 days this is a long time. During this time Spurs spent eight years in Division 2, and we had seven seasons lost to WW2, Spurs finished above Arsenal twice. Oh and Arsenal won two league titles. In that time Arsenal were in Division 2 for two years, as were Spurs for one. Spurs actually finished above Arsenal in the same league 3 times in that run.
The earliest St Totteringham was 9 March There have been 8 St Ts in March, six since I wonder if this increase is a change caused by 3 points per win stretching the table, as the season used to end in April and now ends in May so you'd expect St Ts to be later. In terms of games, in a 38 match season 28 is the record and for 42 matches 34 is the best The lowest percentage is the season. Last day St Ts are quite rare. There have been Moreover Spurs could now finish sixth in the three horse race for the title.
Admittedly they still have a point lead on Arsenal but the run in favours the Gunners. Watford for us and West Ham for Spurs jump out in that category.
However Spurs have two huge games Liverpool and City, which could easily be two heavy defeats. However the race for St T's or not is going to the wire this season. Share this story: Tweet Tue, 24 Jul Just setting up ready for the new season. It's only July but I thought I should get the new season tag ready here and on the history page. It will be an interesting start to the season: a new coach at Arsenal means that expectation is higher than this time last year. Spurs may also find the first few weeks tricky due to construction issues and a possible world cup hangover.
However this season is a transition one, so if a good start doesn't materialise I'd expect it to be three in a row. And I'll be annoyed Oh I should just confirm that the date Spurs finished above us last season was 29th April, following our defeat at Old Trafford. Share this story: Tweet Tue, 17 Apr It could be tonight After Arsenal's loss at Newcastle the situation has moved on a little.
If Spurs win tonight at Brighton then that's it, Spurs finish above us two years in a row. To be honest given the respective form I'd be surprised if this didn't happen. However, if it is a draw or loss then it moves onto the weekend. Arsenal will need to do better at home to West Ham than Spurs did at Brighton to keep it alive. That is to say if Spurs draw we must win, if they lose a draw would keep it alive until our journey to Old Trafford on the 29th.
If Spurs lose tonight and we draw on Sunday then I'll need to point to the thing about goal difference not being enough that I wrote before the weekend! Arsenal would be on 55 with four to play, which would allow them to match Spurs' current They'd need another point to be certain.
To add to the glee of Spurs fans I'm going to admit that we are now in a foot race with Burnley for 6th and we may not even get Europa League football next year. The match on May 6th is looking very big.
Burnley have a tough fixture on Thursday Chelsea h , but winnable on those two teams current form. Ignoring that and the match against us, they have three other games and I think they could easily get all nine points Stoke H , Brighton A , Bournemouth H. Totteringham's Day improbably comes again. Which, well As a wise commentator recently said, "let's cook up some lasagna. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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