Spurs at Leipzig
When the 1911-12 season ended on April 29th Woolwich Arsenal were in 10th place in Division 1 and Tottenham Hotspur in 12th. The famous North London rivalry had yet to come into being, as Arsenal were still based in Plumstead (South East London).In May 1912 both clubs embarked on tours of central Europe (Germany, Austria-Hungary) and played each other in an exhibition match at Vienna arranged by Hugo Meisl. Tottenham Hotspur | |||||
12.05.12 | Hull City | 2 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Brussels |
The Belgian Charity Cup- Beddeker Cup Hull City retaining the trophy. | |||||
16.05.12 | VfB Leipzig | 1 | 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | Leipzig |
The hosts were Mittel-Deutschland champions and had made the semi-finals of the national championships. | |||||
20.05.12 | Wiener Sport Club | 2 | 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | Vienna |
24.05.12 | Woolwich Arsenal | 4 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Vienna |
An exhibition match for a solid silver cup and medals. | |||||
27.05.12 | Ferencváros | 1 | 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | Budapest |
Fradi were the champions of the Budapest league, winning 14 out of 18 games and having a goal difference of 57. | |||||
28.05.12 | Hungary | 2 | 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | Budapest |
The Hungary and Austria teams were preparing for the Olympic Tournament at Stockholm. | |||||
30.05.12 | Hungary | 3 | 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | Budapest |
02.06.12 | Austria | 3 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Vienna |
Both Austria and Hungary featured in the second round of that summer's Olympic tournament- Hungary had a bye in the first round and lost 7-0 to Great Britain in the second. Austria beat Germany 5-1 before losing 3-1 to the Netherlands. They went on to meet in the final of the consolation tournament, Hungary winning 3-0. | |||||
Woolwich Arsenal | |||||
11.05.12 | Hertha BSC Berlin | 0 | 5 | Woolwich Arsenal | Berlin |
12.05.12 | Viktoria 89 Berlin | 2 | 2 | Woolwich Arsenal | Berlin |
1911’s German National Champions. Former Tottenham player Jack Brearley took up the coaching position at Viktoria at about this time. | |||||
16.05.12 | Deutscher FC Prag | 1 | 4 | Woolwich Arsenal | Prague |
19.05.12 | Ferencváros | 1 | 2 | Woolwich Arsenal | Budapest |
22.05.12 | Grazer AK | 0 | 6 | Woolwich Arsenal | Graz |
24.05.12 | Woolwich Arsenal | 4 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Vienna |
26.05.12 | SK Rapid Wien | 2 | 8 | Woolwich Arsenal | Vienna |
Rapid were the Austrian League champions… | |||||
27.05.12 | Wiener Sport Club | 0 | 5 | Woolwich Arsenal | Vienna |
…and WSC had finished the season just one point behind Rapid. | |||||
29.05.12 | Sp Vgg Fürth | 0 | 6 | Woolwich Arsenal | Fürth |
Fürth were managed by Billy Townley , the former Blackburn Rovers player. | |||||
It was Arsenal's second visit. They had toured Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Austria -Hungary in 1907. Tottenham were of course old hands at the touring lark. Having visited Austria -Hungary in 1905 they had since played in Belgium, South America and Germany.