What’s the best solution for a middling Premier League season? Destroy a tiny town!
FULL-TIME: ATV Irdning 0-22 Everton. No, that's not a typo. Marco Silva's side enjoy an emphatic win in Austria. @CenkTosun_ (4), Keane, Baines, Lookman (3), Mirallas (5), Niasse (4), Vlasic (2), Holgate and an own goal. #EFCLive pic.twitter.com/M7LnJrvqUF
— Everton (@Everton) July 14, 2018
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.