What’s the best solution for a middling Premier League season? Destroy a tiny town!
Everton destroyed a tiny Austrian town 22-0 in a friendly game
With friendlies like these ...
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
While the world’s brightest stars were in Russia closing out the World Cup, Everton was in the middle of Austria — in a town with just 2,700 people — absolutely demolishing the local side.
Oddly, this has become a bit of a thing for the town of Irdning. According to the town’s brief Wikipedia page, Irdning’s remote location has made it a mainstay for international teams to come and practice, away from the eyes of the international media. Real Madrid has traveled to Irdning in the past, as have AS Roma — and perhaps most notable the English national team ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
The only three fun facts I could learn about Irdning:
- Nobody knows the town’s origins because the documents were lost.
- One of the local attractions is the incredibly-named “Castle Gumpenstein.”
The official tourism motto of Irdning is short, and to the point.
All in all I think all we learned is that Everton are meanies.
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