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St. Totteringham's day
Saint Totteringham's day (sometimes also known as Saint Totteridge's day) is a concept created by Arsenal fans, first published in 2002 on arseweb.com, one of the oldest unofficial blogs dedicated to Arsenal.

Quite a simple concept, St. Totteringham's day is the day when Arsenal have gathered enough points to be mathematically assured to finish ahead of Tottenham in the league table. When Arsenal have an advance on their North London rivals large enough that it becomes mathematically impossible for them to be overtaken, that day is declared by Arsenal fans to be St. Totteringham's day.

The idea of St. Totteringham's day didn't catch on immediately with Arsenal fans and had quite a small following for the few first years of its existence. By 2007 however the concept had grown steadily and was first mentioned (as St. Totteridge) in a 2008 Arsenal-Aston Villa official match programme. Since then, the concept has gained momentum among gunners fans and is frequently mentioned on message boards, blogs and fanzines, as well as several pages on Facebook which have been dedicated to it.

Because the celebration is based on the points difference between the two clubs, the exact date of St. Totteringham's day varies from year to year, depending on the respective forms of both clubs that season. For obvious reasons St. Totteringham's day can only occur the years when Arsenal finish the season ahead of Tottenham in the league table. Since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, it has happened every year, except for the 1992-93 and 1994-95 seasons when Arsenal last finished behind Tottenham in the league.

A typical Premier League season runs from August to May, with teams playing 38 games each. The earliest occurence of St. Totteringham's day in a season is 9 March 2008, matchday 29 of the 2007-08 season. The least amount of games needed to reach St' Totteringham's day was 28, on 13 March 2008. Both the 1995-96 and 2005-06 seasons went down to the wire, with both clubs' rankings relative to each other only decided on matchday 38, the very last day of the season.

In Premiership history, St. Totteringham's has only once been decided after a direct confrontation between the two clubs. Typically, it is decided after Arsenal win or draw, or Tottenham lose or draw, against a third party. This was in 2006-07, after Arsenal and Tottenham drew 2-2 at White Hart Lane.

The latest St. Totteringham's day was on 11 April 2009, matchday 32 of the 2008-09 season.