ARSENAL supporters are celebrating St Totteringham’s Day for the first time in seven years after mathematically ensuring they will finish above their rivals.
The North London side have finished below their neighbours in the Premier League since the 2015/16 campaign.
The Gunners suffered a blow to their title aspirations despite their late comeback to earn a 3-3 draw at home to Southampton last night.
But even though they were left frustrated, that result at least moved them 22 points clear of managerless Spurs – meaning that their foes are no longer able to catch them this term.
Even if Tottenham win all of their remaining seven games, they will still only finish on 74 points, with Arsenal currently on 75.
St Totteringham’s Day was a concept created by Gooners in 2002 on fan website “Arseweb” but did not become well-known until around eight years later.
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Arsenal ended up overtaking Spurs to finish second after their 4-0 win in the final game of the season against Aston Villa in 2016.
Coincidently, that was also current manager Mikel Arteta’s final campaign as a player.
But since then it has been Spurs supporters that have had the bragging rights – until now.
And despite the frustrating draw last night, Arsenal fans have still been relishing the fact that they will finish above their rivals on Twitter.
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One wrote: “Wanted three points but we’ll take the one. Happy St Totteringhams Day!”
A fellow fan said: “Normal service is resumed.”
Another tweeted: “Scant consolation but… Happy St Totteringham’s Day.”
A fellow fan said: “Don’t feel bad Gooners at least it is St. Totteringhams Day.”
Another tweeted: “Happy St. Totteringham’s Day. ‘Even if #Arsenal don’t win the title, we’ve had a real go at it, which is more than Spurs can say for the handful of seasons they finished above us.”
The result also ensured that Arsenal will be in next season’s Champions League.
The Gunners are five points clear of rivals City at the top going into their huge clash at the Etihad on Wednesday, with the Cityzens having played two games less.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
