A day after our arrival, we made club history by playing our first-ever overseas fixture. The venue was the Hohe Warte stadium as we took on a team made up of players from clubs within Vienna.
It was a straight-forward victory for us as we ran out 6-0 winners in front of a crowd who were enthralled by the different style of football that we produced, compared to that of the local sides they were more familiar with.
Newspaper reports of the game were less about the run of play and far more interested in the formations, tactics and techniques shown by our players, while also comparing our style to what the reporters had seen from Everton in their previous match in the city.
One such report wrote: ‘Everton have ball technicians of the first order, they always know how to control it and direct it to get where they want it to go. But the action of every single player moves within measured limits.
‘Tottenham, on the other hand, are primarily runners. Of course, they know how to control the ball but while running, they calculate their movements with precision, avoid every encounter with the opponent and, if possible, play around him instead of jostling. Their ability to calculate is fabulously developed.’
Centre-forward Alex Glen scored a hat-trick in the game, including our second and fifth goals while Charlie O’Hagan made it 3-0 just before half-time, with James McNaught hitting a brace.
