St Totteringham's Day is 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 is 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 history section.
Happy St Totteringham's Day! 9 March 2008. A new Premier League record for an early St Totteringham.
| Club | Current points | Games left | (Maximum points) | Points behind | Points Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 66 | 9 | |||
| Spurs | 35 | 10 | (65) | 31 | 30 |
We did it in the 2-2 draw at WHL on 21 April. Which was nice. Even if we did throw away the lead. Again.
Close one this. Last day of the season, and we got lucky...
St Totteringham's took me by surprise this year. I was reading the program at Highbury as suddenly realised that if Arsenal beat Norwich (which we did 4-1 natch) it'd be St Totteringham's day...
From the league positions of the clubs on Saturday 2 April
| Club | Current points | Games left | (Maximum points) | Points behind | Points Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 67 | 7 | |||
| Spurs | 43 | 7 | (64) | 24 | 21 |
From the league positions of the clubs on Saturday 13 March
| Club | Current points | Games left | (Maximum points) | Points behind | Points Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 70 | 10 | |||
| Spurs | 34 | 11 | (67) | 36 | 33 |
| Season | St Totteringham's day | Number of Arsenal games needed (Length of season) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/08 | 9 March 2008 | 29 (38) | Earliest date in Premier league and Spurs' return to the top flight. |
| 06/07 | 21 April 2007 | 35 (38) | St T's achieved at WHL: Spurs 2 - 2 Arsenal |
| 05/06 | 7 May 2006 | 38 (38) | Lasagne anyone? Celebrated last game at Highbury with 4th place. |
| 04/05 | 2 April 2005 | 31 (38) | |
| 03/04 | 13 March 2004 | 28 (38) | League champions. Earliest in Premier league! Earliest since Spurs return to top flight. Also won the league at WHL (26-April-04) |
| 02/03 | 24 March 2003 | 31 (38) | |
| 01/02 | 18 March 2002 | 30 (38) | Double season |
| 00/01 | 17 April 2001 | 33 (38) | |
| 99/00 | 16 April 2000 | 32 (38) | |
| 98/99 | 6 April 1999 | 32 (38) | |
| 97/98 | 28 March 1998 | 29 (38) | Double season |
| 96/97 | 5 April 1997 | 33 (38) | |
| 95/96 | 5 May 1996 | 38 (38) | Rioch's season |
| 94/95 | (none) | Graham sacked, European final | |
| 93/94 | 26 March 1994 | 34 (42) | ECWC winners |
| 92/93 | (none) | Double cup winners. Helge adds: "lost to them at the last day, came 3 points behind them..." | |
| 91/92 | 11 April 1992 | 38 (42) | |
| 90/91 | 3 April 1991 | 31 (38) | League champions |
| 89/90 | (none) | Helge: "1 point behind, as we only draw in the last match (they won)" | |
| 88/89 | 8 April 1989 | 32 (38) | League champions. |
| 87/88 | 3 April 1988 | 33 (40) | |
| 86/87 | (none) | ||
| 85/86 | 29 April 1986 | 40 (42) | |
| 84/85 | (none) | ||
| 83/84 | 12 May 1984 | 42 (42) | Andrew McKinnon: "Last day of the season. Thanks ManU." |
| 82/83 | (none) | ||
| 81/82 | (none) | ||
| 80/81 | 20 April 1981 | 40 (42) | 2 points for a win |
| 79/80 | 12 April 1980 | 36 (42) | |
| 78/79 | 21 April 1979 | 38 (42) | |
| 77/78 | Open to debate | McKinnon: "Spurs were taking a break from the top flight" | |
| 76/77 | 23 April 1977 | 37 (42) | Spurs relegated |
| 75/76 | (none) | ||
| 74/75 | 26 April 1975 | 41 (42) | Arsenal 1 Spurs 0 on 26 April. |
| 73/74 | 11 May 1974 | 42 (42) | |
| 72/73 | 7 April 1973 | 37 (42) | |
| 71/72 | 8 May 1972 | 41 (42) | |
| 70/71 | 17 April 1971 | 37 (42) | Double season. Won league at WHL. |
The last time there wasn't a St Totteringham's day was 1994/5 -- the season Graham was sacked. Helge Olsen and Andrew McKinnen both gave me a St Totteringham's day present of more years for the table. Many thanks to both of them. They also gave me links to Spurs and Arsenal results further back in time, so my excuses for not extending the table have gone. I stop in 1971 as it marks the start of the modern Arsenal era. It has nothing to do with the fact we only finished above Spurs once in the 1960s (68/69, 7 April 1969, 36 of 42 games).
First off the idea of St Totteringham I stole shamelessly from Arseweb who got it from Julian Shulman. Thanks to Julian! See ArseWeb's Arsenal vs Spurs resources page for more details.
Thanks to Helge Olsen (1980s) and Andrew McKinnon (back to 70/71) for the extended St. Totteringham's history.
The Cann Table is useful for watching the widening gap between Arsenal and Spurs. Any comments and corrections to the address on that page.
St Totteringhams is also occasionally called St Totteridge according to the 2008 Arsenal v Villa programme.
This page last updated on 9-March-2008: St T's day.
All original material © Mike Pitt 2004, 2007, 2008 unless otherwise stated in the tail of the page. Not that there is much original material. Still the experienced web browsers won't be in the least bit surprised.