Arsenal: 8 Reasons White Hart Lane Dies In Utter Shame

3. The Streak

Some head-to-head stats pain a pretty clear image. And there are plenty of teams that just can’t seem to overcome a familiar rival. Sometimes it’s a matter of sustained relevance vs blips of success. Some times it’s just a matter of one club being indisputably better.

From 19 March 2000 until 31 October 2009, the Gunners did not lose to Tottenham. That accounted for 20 straight match ups, home and away.

Meaning that in nine straight matches at White Hart Lane, the Spuds could not do away with their nemesis. And while that does encompass the Invincible year, it also extends into the debt days where the Gunners were struggling to regain their footing.

So while the current streak for the Spurs of going six straight North London Derbies without a loss is a shame for us Gooners and needs to be done away with, they are a far cry away from the nine and a half year streak where the Gunners were so much more dominant than anything the Spurs have ever seen.

Let’s talk No. 2.