A St Totteringham's Day Diary.
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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".
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Mon, 16 Jan 2012
Swansea outplay us with Manchester United up next
So a woeful performance in South Wales provides us with the perfect warm
up for the visit of Manchester United. The only breath of fresh air
about the coming weekend is that it might genuinely mark a turning point
in Spurs' season: expect them to be thumped at the Moneybags Stadium.
We, on the other hand, are in great shape to get revenge on the 8-2 mauling back in August.
You didn't believe that did you? I am worried that it might be worse than the League Cup match back on 28 November 1990 when a Lee Sharpe (!) inspired Manchester United tonked us 6-2. At least that year we did a league double over Man U on the way to winning the league (one defeat that year, at Stamford Bridge). I was at that match and it was ... awful.
Table time: As of 16 January 2012:
| Games | Points | Points behind | (games left) | (max points) | |
| Spurs | 21 | 46 | 17 | ||
| Arsenal | 21 | 36 | 10 | (17) | (77) |
Ten points is 4 games. One of those is head-to-head, but it is still a massive gap. Don't think I'll do another table until February unless something radical happens.
Tue, 10 Jan 2012
Happy (ish) New Year
I am please to say I was one of the privileged group to be at Highbury
last night for Henry's return. What a player. What a goal. The tragedy
is that his movement after coming on as a sub showed up some of our
problems.
Anyway, it is time for the first table of the year and season. As of 4th January games:
| Games | Points | Points behind | (games left) | (max points) | |
| Spurs | 19 | 42 | 19 | ||
| Arsenal | 20 | 36 | 6 | (18) | (80) |
The first time I've had to put the teams that way up since I started doing this 8 years ago! Whilst it is still a long way from May, I hyave to say I am now finding myself increasingly of the opinion we could be facing our first year without a St Totteringham's day since 1995.
Wed, 14 Dec 2011
Happy Invincibles Day (for Monday)
A huge thank you to Chelsea for beating Manchester City on Monday. The
win means our Invincible season record is safe for another year. (I
should acknowledge that Preston also had an unbeaten championship team
too, but with a much shorter season of only 22 games back in 1888/9.)
Anyway at least that Arsenal record is safe...
A very big weekend ahead again.
Fri, 25 Nov 2011
Jack is confident. I'm not. Yet.
A much better month. Lots of good results, and being the first English team through to the knock out stages of the Champions League is an added bonus. Things look rosier.
The BBC are reporting that Jack Wilshire is trying to get Spurs fans to bet with him about whether Arsenal or Spurs will finish higher in the league this season. It seems that Spurs fans think that this is the year to end our 16 years of domination. (I've dug out the original two tweets too (here and here) , and you can of course follow @JackWilshere on twitter).
So how confident are the S***s fans? How many takers has Jack had so far I wonder.
Anyway. With the last matches in November coming up we remain three points behind them, and theys till have the game in hand against Everton. Not insurmountable, but they are playing well and I still find our performances not totally convincing. Moreover if anything happens to RvP we are in all sorts of trouble. I wish I had Jack's confidence.
The result against Chelsea made me a lot happier, but their subsequent collapse (or continued collapse?) has made me question if it was as significant as I felt at the time. (But who will ever get bored of watching Mr Terry fall over?)
Time will tell, but things aren't so bad as they once were.
Mon, 24 Oct 2011
No longer quite as bad as it looked...
With City drubbing United 6-1 yesterday it is possible again for those who think the start was a freak to believe that. After all we've won 6 out of the last seven games in all competitions, or 4 out of 6 in the league.
Anyway a good run of results has moved us out apparent relegation worry. The chaps down the lane have dropped some points too, and the gap between us is down to a mere three points.
Of course that ignores that they also have a game in hand. It also ignores the exception in the 6 out of 7 was Spurs. The good news is Spurs have faded a little. That may save St T's day despite our own form.
Anyway this weekend is a key fixture. Our first trial against a big four team since the 8-2. Perform all rituals and superstitions faithfully for this one!
Sun, 25 Sep 2011
Not the best of starts to the year...
If you'll forgive the understatement we've had a disappointing start.
On the flip side despite our bad start a win at Spurs next Sunday would lift us above them. Albeit with them having a game in hand.
When I started documenting St Totteringham's day I knew that one season there wouldn't be one. That didn't matter too much at the start: it'd been a few in a row and a successful spell. Oddly the fact we've gone so many years in a row means it is going to be quite painful now when it happens. It should be easier after 16 years, not harder, but oddly it isn't. Back in 1993 I didn't mind that Spurs finished above us (partly because we'd won two cups).
I think however the really annoying thing is that the season I upgrade from a pure web page to something a little more powerful looks more likely than any in a decade that I have to be the season I may have to add "None" to the table...
Tue, 09 Aug 2011
Welcome!
Welcome to the new style of the St Totteringham's day page.
I'm not 100% sure about the colour scheme, and it is likely to change over the course of the season!
Assuming I don't delete it all again by mistake, as I did earlier this week, then this should chart the progress towards St Totteringham. Of course it is much too early to talk about when St Totteringham's will fall this year, and given the pre-season results I think many Spurs' fans will be saying "THIS must be the year." I wish I was as optimistic as I was last year.
But it is worth commenting that this would be the seventeenth season in a row. A major achievement if we make it.
Anyway, the old pages are still available if you want them. They are linked in the More Info section and also here:
- the old home page
- the list of every St T's in history
- there are also links to all the recent seasons.
Time to get excited by the new season.
Anniversaries
I may draw attention to some anniversaries over the year.
For example at the start of the season it is worth thinking back to August 19th 1977. The first division season starts and arguably St Totteringham's day because Spurs had been relegated the previous season.
Happy days...
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Way too soon!
The season hasn't even started yet. It is way too soon to talk about
when St Totteringham's might be, but I want to set up the tag for this
season.
Oops
Owing to human error, I'm having to reconstruct the site.