‘Sackable offence’ – Why Arsenal fans have even more reason to celebrate St Totteringham’s Day after 17-year low
Arsenal have finished above hated rivals Tottenham for a third successive season – but fans have more cause to celebrate than ever. Spurs’ 1-0 defeat at Chelsea signalled another St Totteringham’s Day, the unofficial name for the date given when the Gunners are guaranteed to finish above their north London neighbours. St Totteringham’s Day 2025 was April 3rdGetty In every April since Ange Postecoglou‘s arrival at the club, the Lilywhites have confirmed their final spot in the table below Arsenal. However, this is three weeks earlier than the past two seasons and the earliest St Totteringham’s Day for 16 years. Not since March 9, 2008, when Arsenal completed the feat with nine games remaining, had Spurs been assured at an earlier date that they would be ending the campaign behind Mikel Arteta‘s men. If that wasn’t enjoyment enough for Gooners, Postecoglou set other unwanted records against Chelsea, with fans also having meltdowns. Postecoglou himself grabbed more headlines after appearing to cup his ears at the Tottenham fans in the immediate aftermath of Pape Matar Sarr’s disallowed goal. The ex-Celtic gaffer denied making this gesture as a way of hitting back at the away support at Stamford Bridge, who had chanted ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ when Sarr was brought on for Lucas Bergvall. Postecoglou, who later claimed VAR has made him feel ‘disconnected’ from football, found his excuses eviscerated by Alex Crook. talkSPORT’s chief football correspondent told White and Jordan: “I don’t know about disconnect with the world. “I think he’s got a disconnect with the Tottenham fans clearly, and I think he’s got a disconnect with reality as well if he expects us to believe that he wasn’t reacting to their chants of, ‘you don’t know what I’m doing.’ “If you’re going to do that as a manager, you’re going to show your frustration that way. I think you’ve got to own it. I think you’ve got to say, ‘Do you know what? I was frustrated.’ Ange Postecoglou cut a frustrated figure in his post-match interviewSky Sports This is the earliest date since 9 March 2008 “The game wasn’t going very well. Obviously, the fans were unhappy. It was a reaction. Don’t make up a story. “I was asking them to cheer a bit more. It’s clearly not true, is it, Ange Postecoglou? “I think what you’re seeing there in that press conference, and you saw it on the touchline with the reaction. You’re seeing a man who knows he’s probably going to lose his job. “Unless Tottenham beat Frankfurt, unless they go on and win the Europa League. The case for keeping Ange Postecoglou in situ is very thin because it’s been a disastrous season for Tottenham. Arsenal have finished above their rivals for the past three yearsGetty “You can blame injuries all you like…They lost at home to Leicester. I mean, that’s a sackable offence in itself. “Ange Postecoglou, in my opinion, isn’t a particularly good football manager. I don’t think he’s a particularly pleasant character. “I don’t think the way he addresses the media, and I’ve seen some of his TV interviews again last night, does him any favours. “I think he’s been found out at the top level – and he knows that.”
Arsenal have finished above hated rivals Tottenham for a third successive season – but fans have more cause to celebrate than ever.
Spurs’ 1-0 defeat at Chelsea signalled another St Totteringham’s Day, the unofficial name for the date given when the Gunners are guaranteed to finish above their north London neighbours.
In every April since Ange Postecoglou‘s arrival at the club, the Lilywhites have confirmed their final spot in the table below Arsenal.
However, this is three weeks earlier than the past two seasons and the earliest St Totteringham’s Day for 16 years.
Not since March 9, 2008, when Arsenal completed the feat with nine games remaining, had Spurs been assured at an earlier date that they would be ending the campaign behind Mikel Arteta‘s men.
If that wasn’t enjoyment enough for Gooners, Postecoglou set other unwanted records against Chelsea, with fans also having meltdowns.
Postecoglou himself grabbed more headlines after appearing to cup his ears at the Tottenham fans in the immediate aftermath of Pape Matar Sarr’s disallowed goal.
The ex-Celtic gaffer denied making this gesture as a way of hitting back at the away support at Stamford Bridge, who had chanted ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ when Sarr was brought on for Lucas Bergvall.
Postecoglou, who later claimed VAR has made him feel ‘disconnected’ from football, found his excuses eviscerated by Alex Crook.
talkSPORT’s chief football correspondent told White and Jordan: “I don’t know about disconnect with the world.
“I think he’s got a disconnect with the Tottenham fans clearly, and I think he’s got a disconnect with reality as well if he expects us to believe that he wasn’t reacting to their chants of, ‘you don’t know what I’m doing.’
“If you’re going to do that as a manager, you’re going to show your frustration that way. I think you’ve got to own it. I think you’ve got to say, ‘Do you know what? I was frustrated.’
“The game wasn’t going very well. Obviously, the fans were unhappy. It was a reaction. Don’t make up a story.
“I was asking them to cheer a bit more. It’s clearly not true, is it, Ange Postecoglou?
“I think what you’re seeing there in that press conference, and you saw it on the touchline with the reaction. You’re seeing a man who knows he’s probably going to lose his job.
“Unless Tottenham beat Frankfurt, unless they go on and win the Europa League. The case for keeping Ange Postecoglou in situ is very thin because it’s been a disastrous season for Tottenham.
“You can blame injuries all you like…They lost at home to Leicester. I mean, that’s a sackable offence in itself.
“Ange Postecoglou, in my opinion, isn’t a particularly good football manager. I don’t think he’s a particularly pleasant character.
“I don’t think the way he addresses the media, and I’ve seen some of his TV interviews again last night, does him any favours.
“I think he’s been found out at the top level – and he knows that.”
