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St Totteringham's Day was the day when Arsenal fans celebrate the fact that Tottenham can no longer catch Arsenal in the League. It is a movable feast, but usually falls in March, April or May. It was the day to collect on bets made by over-optimistic Spurs fans in the close season who think that "this is the year". See the links on the left for more information. Tue, 11 Apr 2023Well. Not so good really. Update delayed due to family visit over Easter! Firstly the table...
We need 5 points: two wins. One win and 2 draws. Or Spurs draw and we win, or Spurs lose and we win. Or 2 Spurs defeats. Or... (I could go on) A quick look at the next two league matches for the teams: Sat Apr 15 Spurs v Bournemouth Sun Apr 16 West Ham v Arsenal Fri Apr 21 Arsenal v Southampton Sun Apr 23 Newcastle v SpursLooking at that I think St Totteringham's will happen on or before the 23rd. (Which given Arsenal's next game after that list is probably just as well.) One side effect of the week's results is now two more teams cannot catch us. On Wednesday 5th, Brentford's loss to Manchester Utd put them on a maximum of 70 (when we had 72) The tiny silver lining of the Anfield result is Liverpool can't catch us any more (now have a maximum of 71). On 5th April:
And on the 9th:
They join Fulham, Chelsea, Villa, Palace, Wolves, West Ham, Everton, Forest, Bournemouth, Leeds, Leicester and Southampton. |
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