St Totteringham's Day
   


A St Totteringham's Day Diary.

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  • List of every St Totteringham's since the first on 22nd April 1911.
  • Old home page, including detail on 2003/4 to 2010/11
  • The story of St T's day and some acknowledgements
  • Some analysis of the history of St Totteringham's
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    Mostly written by Mike Pitt. You can contact me by email on mike-stt@einval.com. Nice comments only please. I'm also @sttottsday on twitter.
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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.

    Thu, 25 Jan 2024

    Near the end of January

    This is just a short post to reassure people I'm still here. We are doing quite well this season, but sadly so are Spurs. Anyway: as things stand we have a three point lead (which is not a lot) with 17 games to play for both of us (which is a lot). Come back in March or April! (Or sooner if something exciting happens.) Anyway Happy New Year everyone.

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    Sun, 23 Apr 2023

    Did Newcastle stop trying...?

    Spurs woes at Newcastle have cheered me up enough to talk about St Totteringhams Day a bit.

    Friday was the first St Ts since 2017. It is the first April St Ts since 28th April 2014, and the earliest since we acheived St Ts at White Hart Lane on 21st April 2007.

    It is the 52nd time we've finished above Spurs in the League, compared to the 34 times they've finished above us. That isn't counting the 15 times Spurs had aan excursion to Division 2 (or the two times we did). If you include those Arsenal have finished above Spurs 77 times, to their 36. (And Spurs took 15 years to join us as a league club.)

    The six season gap is fourth longest since the first, and the longest since the 9 season gap between 27 March 1959 to 7 April 1969. As I mention in the history pages the longest gap between St Ts is actually from 22nd March 1935 to 6th April 1953. However in that time football stopped for WW2, and the Gunners won two league championships whilst Spurs spent a chunk of time in Division 2.

    In all cases those gaps are shorter than the 21 consecutive seasons from 5 May 1996 to 15 May 2016.

    In other news... we still aren't certain of a top four finish. Brighton are probably the key team here, we need two points or them to drop some points.

    Other teams that can beat us are Newcastle (2 wins needed. However beating them would do it.), United (Three wins needed) and, of course, City (need to win everything from now on!).

    Keep the faith.

    None of the pundits thought we'd win on 26th May 1989.

    (Link put in for younger fans. If you were a Gunner in '89 you'll know that date off by heart!)

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    Sat, 22 Apr 2023

    A small consolation: Friday was St Totteringham's day

    Well. Not so good really. Again.

    Firstly the table...
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal3275
    Spurs315322(7)(76)

    St Totteringham's day, the first since 15th May 2016, was Friday 21st April 2023.

    Not good for the title race, but the ridiculously optimistic part of me just notes we simply have to win 6 on the bounce. We can do that! So we must been City. Hmmm...

    I'll put some stats up some time in the week.

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    Sun, 16 Apr 2023

    Oh no, not again.

    Not yet time to celebrate. Spurs could still beat us on goal difference...
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal3174
    Spurs315321(7)(74)

    Another bad performance from 2-0 up. Two on the bounce is bad for morale. We need a performance from somewhere.

    Still it could be worse, we could be where Spurs are. If they drop any points, or we gain any points, it is St Ts day.

    We also need a win to guarantee the Top Four Trophy for this season, as this would ensure we also finish above Brighton, and leave only Newcastle and the Manchester teams able to beat us in the league.

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    Sat, 15 Apr 2023

    Come on you Cherries!

    Summary: we win at West Ham tomorrow and it is St Totteringham's day. We draw or lose and it goes to next weekend or beyond.

    A last minute winner for Bournemouth, who somehow dug it out following the late equaliser for Spurs. Thank you Bournemouth! Good luck to them in their relegation battle.

    So we need two points. One point and Spurs could (techincally) still catch us. A win tomorrow would be enough, but West Ham won't be easy. Alternatively the next time Spurs fail to win will do us too as a draw costs them two points.

    Anyway, the table...
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal3073
    Spurs315320(7)(74)

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    Tue, 11 Apr 2023

    A bad weekend.

    Well. Not so good really. Update delayed due to family visit over Easter!

    Firstly the table...
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal3073
    Spurs305320(8)(77)

    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 Spurs
    
    Looking 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:
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal2972
    Brentford294329(9)(70)

    And on the 9th:
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal3073
    Liverpool294429(9)(71)

    They join Fulham, Chelsea, Villa, Palace, Wolves, West Ham, Everton, Forest, Bournemouth, Leeds, Leicester and Southampton.

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    Tue, 04 Apr 2023

    Another good weekend...

    I really didn't expect Everton to do us a big favour. But they did.

    Firstly the table...
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal2972
    Spurs295022(9)(77)

    We need 6 points: two wins. Alternatively we need Spurs to lose two. Or some more complicated combination, possibly involving draws.

    A quick look at the next three league matches for the teams:

    Sat Apr 8                            Spurs     v Brighton
    Sun Apr 9   Liverpool v Arsenal
    Sat Apr 15                           Spurs     v Bournemouth
    Sun Apr 16  West Ham  v Arsenal
    Fri Apr 21  Arsenal   v Southampton
    Sun Apr 23                           Newcastle v Spurs
    
    If we are to win the league then St Ts needs to be in April. Simple as that. I am pretty sure it will happen. The earliest is on Sunday this week, but Brighton aren't totally consistent and Liverpool are due to bounce back at some point... Hopefully though the next time I post here the Saint will be warming up in the wings!

    In other news this weekend saw us leave behind a further three teams: Villa, Fulham and Chelsea can no longer catch us:
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal2972
    Aston Villa284131(10)(71)
    Fulham283933(10)(69)
    Chlesea283834(10)(68)
    They join Palace, Wolves, West Ham, Everton, Forest, Bournemouth, Leeds, Leicester and Southampton.

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    Sun, 19 Mar 2023

    A good weekend...

    A traditional scoreline against Crystal Palace today, coming after a helpful fightback by the Saints yesterday means we are now 11 points from St Ts.

    Firstly the table...
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal2869
    Spurs284920(10)(79)

    We need 11 points: three wins and two draws, or four wins. Alternatively we need Spurs to lose four, or lose three and draw one. Or some combination of that.

    A quick look at the next four league matches for the teams (following the irritating international break!):

    Sat Apr 1   Arsenal   v Leeds
    Mon Apr 3                            Everton   v Spurs
    Sat Apr 8                            Spurs     v Brighton
    Sun Apr 9   Liverpool v Arsenal
    Sat Apr 15                           Spurs     v Bournemouth
    Sun Apr 16  West Ham  v Arsenal
    Fri Apr 21  Arsenal   v Southampton
    Sun Apr 23                           Newcastle v Spurs
    
    Looking at that there is scope for Spurs to slip up. If we are going to have a genuine title challenge, we might also have an April St Ts for the first time since 2013/14...

    Fingers crossed.

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    Sun, 12 Mar 2023

    Comfortable win at Fulham

    Lots of reasons to be happy with the result at Fulham: three different goal scorers; three assists for our newest signing; and Jesus coming off the bench to get his first playing time since Christmas/World Cup/Surgery. And three points with suprisingly little stress.

    That result and Spurs win yesterday means we are 5 wins and a draw from mathematical certainty, so still too far for me to look at fixtures. I might do that next week. However I will do the table:
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal2766
    Spurs274818(11)(81)

    To add to the five last week another four clubs can no longer catch us. Results yesterday meant the East Midlands duo of Nottingham Forest and Leicester City could no longer catch us, and our win today means Crystal Palace and Wolves can't:
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal2766
    Crystal Palace262739(12)(63)
    Wolves262739(12)(63)
    Nottingham Forest262640(12)(62)
    Leicester City262442(12)(60)

    Still looking good for the Saint...

    In passing Monday (tomorrow, 13th March) is the anniversary of St Totteringham's day in our 2003/4 season, which is the second earliest St Totteringhams. The anniversary of the earliest passed earlier this week.

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    Sun, 05 Mar 2023

    Is the Saint returning..?

    I've put off restarting this 'blog (such as it is) as I didn't want to jinx Arsenal's phenomenal season. We are in a title race. A real one. And the players seem to be coping with the stress. Yesterday's come back was amazing.

    Phenomenal.

    Also Spurs lost to Wolves, so it looks like we may have a St Totteringham's Day for the first time since 15th May 2016. That's way too long.

    For the Spurs fans: the best run of Spurs above Arsenal was 1959/60 to 1967/8 (nine seasons). Which included Spurs second and last league title.

    So the current run of six isn't a record. Despite being painful.

    This season is looking good.
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal2663
    Spurs264518(12)(81)

    We need 19 points to be sure: 6 wins and a draw to guarantee a St T's day. That number also guarantees us a top four finish by the way.

    There are five clubs who cannot catch us now, before the epic Bournemouth comeback there weren't any.
    GamesPointsPoints behind(games left)(max points)
    Arsenal2663
    West Ham United252340(13)(62)
    Leeds United252241(13)(61)
    Everton252142(13)(60)
    Bournemouth252142(13)(60)
    Southampton252142(13)(60)

    I'm not going to comment on the league title at this stage. Save to say it'll be exciting and fun.

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