While the weekend's football may have been dominated by FA Cup upsets, for the red corner of North London, Sunday March 9th was memorable for a more unusual reason. St.Totteringham's Day is one of those arcane bits of football rivalry that makes the game so enjoyable. It falls every season on the day when it becomes mathematically impossible for Spurs to overtake rivals Arsenal in the Premier League. Despite the Gooner's anaemic draw against......

The world of English football wobbled a few degrees off its axis yesterday when a club not called Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United or Liverpool won a major trophy. This hadn't happened for four years, since Middlesbrough were victorious in the Football League Cup final against Bolton, but Jonathan Woodgate's one-two with Petr Cech ensured that Tottenham Hotspur would claim their first proper silverware since they won the same competition in 1999 under the stewardship......

This summer, when Chelsea go out and lavish £31 million on Sheva, English football does not bat an eyelid. Galacticos come to play in the Premiership these days. 11 summers ago, it was very much a shock when Dennis Bergkamp arrived in London, because in 1995, the world's very best players went to Italy, or Spain, but not England. His coming was trumpeted in the tabs - '£7.5 million for Bergkamp!' - a seismic......

Just like Arsene, we believe in bringing through fresh young talent. So whereas the Gooners might have Fabregas, Van Persie, Clichy and Flamini, we've got....Dave. Dave come to us through our recruitment drive , and we'd be happy to hear from any other budding sport writers out there. But for now, over to Dave.... Rest easy Chelsea pensioners, unlike a Labour party conference you will not be forcibly ejected from the ground if you......