to prepare for the upcoming season arsenal played a number of friendlies. on 17 june, they played stevenage for paul fairclough's managerial testimonial, then travelled abroad to play austrian teams neuberg, and rapid wien, before competing in the tri-team pre-season tournament, also in austria, winning matches against both panathinaikos and roma. their last match in austria consisted of a strong 3-1 win against 1860 munich, before travelling to belgium to play beveren, and eventually back to england, beating barnet in their final pre-season game.