WITH Tottenham’s defeat to Fulham on Sunday, St Totteringham’s Day has arrived for Arsenal fans once again.
March 1 is now the earliest date in Premier League history that St Totteringham’s Day has been celebrated, with Igor Tudor’s plummeting Spurs sitting a huge 32 points behind league leaders Arsenal.
The earliest St Totteringham’s Day was previously celebrated on March 9, in 2008, with nine games left to play. Arsenal finished third while Spurs languished in 11th.
The Gunners are now 35 points clear of their neighbours after defeating Chelsea 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium.
Even if Tottenham had won, Arsenal would have secured the earliest record with a win of their own.
The biggest-ever gap between Arsenal and Tottenham in a Premier League season was 45 points during the former’s ‘Invincibles’ run in 2003-04.
Ironically, Arsenal are looking for their first league since that season today, but it’s far from a done deal with Manchester City breathing down their necks.
Conversely, the most points Spurs have ever finished above Arsenal is 14 in 2017-18, which was the season before they went on to reach the Champions League final under Mauricio Pochettino.
It’s a rivalry that Arsenal have dominated for the most part.
The Gunners have been above Spurs in the league on 69 occasions. Spurs have finished above Arsenal 36 times by comparison.
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The phrase, St Totteringham’s Day, was introduced in the early 2000s and became a real marker among fans in the 2010s, when Arsenal achieved the feat 21 times in a row.
While Tottenham flipped the script by finishing ahead of Arsenal in six straight seasons after that, Mikel Arteta has brought the good times back to the Emirates and they are now currently on a run of four.
In the Premier League era, Arsenal have enjoyed the majority of early St Totteringham’s Day victories and wide points margins by the end of the season.
Here is a rundown of the margins between the two sides:
1992-93: Tottenham 3 points above
1993-94: Arsenal 26 points above
1994-95: Tottenham 11 points above
1995-96: Arsenal 2 points above
1996-97: Arsenal 22 points above
1997-98: Arsenal 34 points above
1998-99: Arsenal 31 points above
1999-2000: Arsenal 20 points above
2000-01: Arsenal 21 points above
2001-02: Arsenal 37 points above
2002-03: Arsenal 28 points above
2003-04: Arsenal 45 points above
2004-05: Arsenal 31 points above
2005-06: Arsenal 2 points above
2006-07: Arsenal 8 points above
2007-08: Arsenal 37 points above
2008-09: Arsenal 21 points above
2009-10: Arsenal 5 points above
2010-11: Arsenal 6 points above
2011-12: Arsenal 1 points above
2012-13: Arsenal 1 point above
2013-14: Arsenal 10 points above
2014-15: Arsenal 11 points above
2015-16: Arsenal 1 point above
2016-17: Tottenham 11 points above
2017-18: Tottenham 14 points above
2018-19: Tottenham 1 point above
2019-20: Tottenham 3 points above
2020-21: Tottenham 1 point above
2021-22: Tottenham 2 points above
2022-23: Arsenal 24 points above
2023-24: Arsenal 23 points above
2024-25: Arsenal 36 points above
2025-26*: Arsenal 32 points above
