Sunday 5 August 2018

TOURS

 Yes, on August 4th 2010, Everton played Everton in a pre-season friendly at Goodison Park. The match celebrated 101 years since a group of youngsters living in Chile founded a football club and named it Everton after the English club that had toured their country.
The English Everton won the anniversary game 2-0, winning for the Brotherhood Cup; the match shown live on Chilean TV.

Raith Rovers set off on a tour on June 30th to the Canary Islands, on a liner called "The Highland Loch", which was continuing its journey to Buenos Aires. The club had been successful in 1921-2 coming third in the top division behind the "old firm" and fancied a celebration.

The boat, which was also carrying chilled meat from Britain, ran into difficulties in a storm and was pitched against rocks off Galicia, Northern Spain. The passengers were all rescued, mainly by local fishermen and by climbing down ropes. The tour party of 13 players and 7 officials, got to their Canary destination, unruffled and won four out of four matches against Canarian opposition; they played Vigo, Gran Canaria, Marino and Victoria Las Palmas, scoring 14 and conceding 3.

Looking at the damage done to the boat, it was a miracle that there was not more of a disaster.
There was also a game against Third Lanark-also on tour, but on their way back.
Raith Rovers Logo.pngThere might have been "dancing in the streets of Raith" when word about the rescue and subsequent tour got back to Scotland. Why was this a "Coleman Balls"?

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