{"id":8689,"date":"2026-03-01T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/arsenal-set-to-celebrate-st-totteringhams-day-earlier-than-ever\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T12:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:10:02","slug":"arsenal-set-to-celebrate-st-totteringhams-day-earlier-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/arsenal-set-to-celebrate-st-totteringhams-day-earlier-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal set to celebrate St Totteringham&#8217;s Day earlier than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/topics\/cp99zjx9mv1t\">Alex Howell<\/a>Arsenal reporter<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published32 minutes ago<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#comments\">11 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ByChris CollinsonBBC Sport statistician<\/p>\n<p>St Totteringham&#x27;s Day might not be that well known nationally &#8211; but for <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> fans it is an opportunity for more north London bragging rights.<\/p>\n<p>It is the name given to the day on which it becomes mathematically impossible for <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> to finish above <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>And, look away Spurs fans, because that day looks set to arrive earlier than ever.<\/p>\n<p>If relegation-threatened <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\">Tottenham<\/a> fail to win at <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/fulham\">Fulham<\/a> on Sunday (14:00 GMT), Gunners fans can celebrate St Totteringham&#x27;s Day once more. Whatever the Spurs result, <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> would guarantee it with a win against <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> later in the day (16:30).<\/p>\n<p>A play on the words &#x27;<a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\">Tottenham<\/a>&#x27; and &#x27;tottering&#x27;, the phrase was introduced by <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> fans website &#x27;Arseweb&#x27; in the early 2000s but gained more national prominence about 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Gunners fans are still celebrating their <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/live\/c4g79d0dnent\">emphatic win in the north London derby<\/a> a week ago and will revel in the idea of some early St Totteringham&#x27;s Day celebrations &#8211; the previous earliest was on 9 March in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The moment &#8211; if it happens &#8211; just highlights the current gap between the bitter rivals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> top the Premier League, while <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\">Tottenham<\/a> are fighting for their top-flight lives with interim boss Igor Tudor having replaced Thomas Frank this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners finished second last season for the third successive campaign, 36 points ahead of 17th-placed Spurs. St Totteringham&#x27;s Day was confirmed on 3 April.<\/p>\n<p>With 10 matches remaining for <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> and 11 for <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\">Tottenham<\/a>, the gap between the two is already at 32 points. Only in five previous league seasons has it been bigger by the end of a campaign. <\/p>\n<p>The biggest gap between the two sides was 45 points in the 2003-04 Invincibles season when <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> won the league with 90 points. <\/p>\n<p>The run of six successive seasons in which <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\">Tottenham<\/a> finished above <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> must seem a lifetime ago to both sets of fans. It actually only came to an end in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Spurs have sacked three permanent managers, while <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> boss Mikel Arteta &#8211; in charge for the past six years &#8211; has developed his side into consistent title contenders.<\/p>\n<p>The most points Spurs have ever finished above <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> is 14 in 2017-18 &#8211; the season before they went on to reach the Champions League final.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/articles\/cx24x48232vo\">\n<p>&#x27;It would be catastrophic&#x27; &#8211; are Spurs too big to go down?<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published4 days ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/articles\/c86yjp6037jo\">\n<p>How ruthless Arsenal exposed Tottenham&#x27;s weaknesses<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published6 days ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Based on the current points-per-game rate of both sides, <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> are projected to finish on 83 and Spurs 41, which would be a 42-point gap, making it the second-biggest in Premier League history after the Invincibles season. <\/p>\n<p>If <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> were to finish on 83 points, it would be six fewer than the 89 they amassed when finishing second in 2023-24 to <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\">Manchester City<\/a>, but Pep Guardiola&#x27;s current side are not as dominant as they were during that campaign. <\/p>\n<p>While Spurs&#x27; current points-per-game rate means they should better their 38 of last season, this is still on course to be their second-worst in the Premier League. Their worst before last season was 44 points in 1997-98. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> have finished above <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\">Tottenham<\/a> in 25 of the past 33 Premier League seasons &#8211; and will certainly do so for a 26th time this campaign.<\/p>\n<h2>Related topics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\">Football<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More on this story<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">\n<p>Latest Arsenal news, analysis and fan views<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/send\/u210623884\">\n<p>Ask about Arsenal &#8211; what do you want to know?<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal set to celebrate St Totteringham&#x27;s Day earlier than everImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Arsenal have finished above Tottenham in 25 of the past 33 Premier League seasonsByAlex Ho&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-decor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}