It was double joy for Saints at Stamford Bridge as Spurs blew a two goal lead to hand Leicester City the Premier League title with the draw meaning that Saints should be guaranteed 8th place.

There is something about Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and its supporters that has rubbed Saints fans up the wrong way in the last 15 years, perhaps it was the way that they hijacked Glenn Hoddle from us and then "unsettled" Dean Richards, then of course there was the way they "unsettled" Mauricio Pochettino and then tried to sign a few players in the summer of 2014.

Then of course there was the Wanyama "unsettling" of last August. they never seem to do things in a dignified way these days, unlike in the 1960's under Bill Nicholson when they were truly a club to be respected.

Then there is the way they have tried to take our anthem and try to pass it off as their own, over the past 15 years there hasn't been a lot to like about the "North London Yobboes" as ex Saints Chairman Rupert Lowe once dubbed them.

So the way they blew a two goal lead and then petulantly threw their toys out of the pram and led by their Manager lost their heads completely was a sight for sore eyes to Saints supporters.

Indeed after the Chelsea equaliser in the 13 minutes remaining including injury time, Spurs didn't even muster a shot as they lost their heads and mustered a further four yellow cards and should have had at least one player sent off, they were more interested in running around like headless chickens than getting a goal that would keep their title hopes alive.

But if that wasn't good enough for Saints supporters, the draw means that even if they win their last three games, Chelsea can only match our current total of 57 points and as it stands their goal difference is 7 worse than ours.

This means that we are now almost guaranteed a top 8 finish for the 3rd season running, even if we don't achieve our ultimate aim of Europa League qualification this is still a great achievement and another big step towards our long term goals, given that this time 5 years ago we were just celebrating promotion from League One our progress has been outstanding and how we have build on that over the last two years is tremendous.

So a good night for Saints, but a better one for Leicester City who are now Premier League champions, congratulations to them may they enjoy their celebrations tonight and on Saturday when the pressure is off and they can enjoy the final two games.

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IWOZTHERE added 22:44 - May 2 Hopefully we can turn the screw at the weekend. I must see my GP to find out why I wet my pants when I laugh so much!
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steadyeddie added 23:25 - May 2 No need kick, gouge their eyes and stamp on your opponents. Poor discipline. Good news for Saints though as we should gain from their disappointment.
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darthvader added 23:38 - May 2 Rub salt in the wounds and a couple of the phukers sent off
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BoondockSaint added 23:42 - May 2 Good for the Foxes!!! (If only......) And bad for the bookies!
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IanRC added 00:04 - May 3 North London thugs well and truly found out. Clattenberg failed to punish so many disgraceful challenges, funny what he lets slide when Wanyama is not on the pitch. Expect Dembelie and Lamela to be banned retrospectivly and Walker and Rose should probably join them, absolute disgrace hope the club is punished properly. What a dreadful example for watching children.
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1970 added 01:06 - May 3 Don't forget there penny pinching over the Bale deal, we all know that the high pressing game only lasts about 70mins so keep them quiet like WBA did and they will be burnt out, if we beat them Arse will think they can catch them lol poor old spuds bottled it again coyr
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SaintBrock added 08:42 - May 3 ..and we are only 20 points behind Leicester.
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DPeps added 09:33 - May 3 Although I'm delighted that Spurs didn't win, this is Leicester's day. You don't win a league through luck so hats off to them. Good to see a 'small' club with a sense of identity, and who play to their team strengths, beating the mega-bucks boys. I just wish it was us!
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SanMarco added 10:53 - May 3 Congratulations to Leicester and a debate question for the next Ref's symposium: "The same guy that gave Wanyama a straight red vs Wet Spam managed to keep 11 Spuds players on the pitch. Discuss."
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