Tottenham Hotspur are returning Down Under! The club announced today on social media that the club is heading to Sydney, Australia for a pair of preseason friendly matches in late July and early August.
Dubbed the Sydney Super Cup, Tottenham will play against A-League side Sydney FC at Allianz Stadium on Wednesday, July 29, before a friendly against Premier League and London rivals Chelsea at Accor Stadium on August 1.
Spurs haven’t been to Sydney in a decade, but they have been to Australia relatively recently, visiting Perth in July 2023, Ange Postecoglou’s first match in charge, and then in Melbourne in May 2024. This preseason tour continues a trend they’ve had in recent seasons where they’ve traveled to far-flung locales (often in Asia) but played at least one Premier League club. Choosing a non-Asian destination makes sense now that Spurs have moved on from Son Heung-Min; as long as he was there it was just too lucrative NOT to travel to Asia whenever possible.
Australia’s cool and all and it’ll be good for Spurs fans Down Under (and nearby) to have a chance to see their team play live. That said, Spurs haven’t been to the United States since summer of 2018 and every year I keep hoping that they will, so maybe I’ll get an opportunity to watch them again. Alas. Maybe in the summer of 2027.