Here’s an idea I had never heard of before yesterday: St Totteringham’s Day. As this piece on the BBC website explains, it’s “an unofficial celebration for Arsenal fans that marks the date on which the Gunners are guaranteed to finish higher in the table than Tottenham”.

Before this year, the earliest date that this had occurred was 9 March. Yesterday’s results mean that the record for St Totteringham’s Day is now 1 March. Tottenham’s 2-1 defeat to Fulham at lunchtime left them on 29 points, 32 behind Arsenal’s 61. Even if Spurs win their remaining 10 games they can only get to 59 points. Just for good measure, Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 later in the afternoon. That took them to 64 points, 5 clear of Man City at the top of the table (City have a game in hand) and fully 35 points ahead of Spurs.

Sheffield Wednesday set a different kind of record last month. Their relegation from the Championship to League One on 22 February is, as another piece from the BBC website tells us, “the earliest relegation in the history of the English Football League”. The club went into administration and have had 18 points deducted this season: 12 for entering administration, 6 for “breaches of payment obligations”. After their most recent match they are still on -7 (Minus Seven) points from 35 games: 1 Win, 8 Draws, 26 Defeats (18 points deducted). They lost 3-1 at home to Southampton, who themselves came within a point of equalling the record for fewest points in a Premier League season when they were relegated last year. That record is still held by Derby County (11 points from the 2007-08 season). As far as I can see that’s the lowest points total for any club in any of the four English leagues since the switch to 3 points for a win (and it was a 38-game season). According to this Wikipedia page, the fewest points in a season when a win was worth 2 points is 8: Loughborough (1899–1900) and Doncaster Rovers (1904–05). Both teams were playing in the Second Division when they set the record, and there were only 34 games in a season. Sheffield Wednesday have 46 games in this league campaign, finishing on 2 May at home to West Brom. Unless they can secure 15 points between now and then, they’ll be breaking that unwelcome record as well.