Tottenham Hotspur have already announced most of their preseason plans — a trip to Asia for matches against Arsenal and Newcastle United in late July, and a match against Bayern Munich in Germany in early August. Now we can add another one, and maybe one that’s a little less challenging.
Spurs have announced that they will travel to Kenilworth Road to face Luton Town on July 26, shortly before departing for their preseason tour.
Luton have had a pretty spectacular fall since promoting to the Premier League two seasons ago. They’ve now suffered two straight relegations and will play in League One next season. In years past Tottenham have played clubs at Luton’s level or below in behind-closed-doors friendlies that aren’t open to the public, but this one will give a nice gate to Luton Town, something I expect they could use right now as they prepare for life in the third division.
Playing Luton is also something of a nice preparation for what one would expect would be tougher preseason matches on tour.
Here’s a short summary of Tottenham’s expected preseason tour schedule. As of now I don’t have much in terms of TV coverage, but we can probably expect they’ll be streamed at minimum on SpursPLAY.
@ Luton Town
Saturday, July 26, 10 am ET / 3 pm BST
Kenilworth Road, Luton
vs. Arsenal
Thursday, July 31, 7:30 am ET / 12:30 pm BST
Kai Tak Stadium, Hong Kong
vs. Newcastle United
Coupang Play Series
Sunday, August 3, 7 am ET / 12 pm BST
Seoul World Cup Stadium, South Korea
@ Bayern Munich
Thursday, August 7, 8:30 am ET / 1:30 pm BST
Allianz Stadium, Munich, Germany