Another happy football moment today. Arsenal went into the last day of the league season in a somewhat precarious position. They were 5th place, one point behind Tottenham Hotspur, the scum, Arsenal's main rivals. So Arsenal needed a win combined with a Spurs draw or loss to pip them into 4th place, which is the final Champions League spot for next season. (Unless Arsenal win the Champions League this season, then 4th place wouldn't matter, as the winner of the European Cup trumps whichever team has the lowest league position to qualify for the following year's tournament. And I've got to say, there would have been something very satisfying about the Scum getting 4th spot in the league and then being knocked out because the Gunners won the European Cup. But that is now neither here nor there.) Anyhow, Arsenal in their final game at Highbury, beat Wigan 4-2, with Thierry Henry (EPL top scorer, yet again) leading the way with a hat-trick. As for Spurs, apparently they ate some bad chicken or cow the night before, a number of them had food poisoning, and they lost to West Ham today. Maybe an Arsenal or West Ham supporter worked at the hotel where they had their dodgy buffet (the 2 teams are their 2 main rivalries); apparently there will be an investigation. Whatever. What it all comes down to is this: Today is now St. Totteringham's Day. For those unfamiliar, St. Totteringham's Day is the day when it becomes impossible for Spurs to finish the season with more points than Arsenal. Sure, it came very late this year, but it still came. A friend asked me a while ago if Spurs fans had an equivalent holiday. I'm not sure, but I do know this. If they do, it's been a bloody long time since they celebrated it. Happy St. Totteringham's Day folks.
7.5.06
Fourth Will Do Nicely!
Another happy football moment today. Arsenal went into the last day of the league season in a somewhat precarious position. They were 5th place, one point behind Tottenham Hotspur, the scum, Arsenal's main rivals. So Arsenal needed a win combined with a Spurs draw or loss to pip them into 4th place, which is the final Champions League spot for next season. (Unless Arsenal win the Champions League this season, then 4th place wouldn't matter, as the winner of the European Cup trumps whichever team has the lowest league position to qualify for the following year's tournament. And I've got to say, there would have been something very satisfying about the Scum getting 4th spot in the league and then being knocked out because the Gunners won the European Cup. But that is now neither here nor there.) Anyhow, Arsenal in their final game at Highbury, beat Wigan 4-2, with Thierry Henry (EPL top scorer, yet again) leading the way with a hat-trick. As for Spurs, apparently they ate some bad chicken or cow the night before, a number of them had food poisoning, and they lost to West Ham today. Maybe an Arsenal or West Ham supporter worked at the hotel where they had their dodgy buffet (the 2 teams are their 2 main rivalries); apparently there will be an investigation. Whatever. What it all comes down to is this: Today is now St. Totteringham's Day. For those unfamiliar, St. Totteringham's Day is the day when it becomes impossible for Spurs to finish the season with more points than Arsenal. Sure, it came very late this year, but it still came. A friend asked me a while ago if Spurs fans had an equivalent holiday. I'm not sure, but I do know this. If they do, it's been a bloody long time since they celebrated it. Happy St. Totteringham's Day folks.
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