From the Official Spurs Web Site

George Graham was satisfied with our side after a comfortable 4-0 win in
the first game of the pre-season tour of Sweden and Finland. 
Our three new star signings, Sergei Rebrov, Ben Thatcher and Neil Sullivan,
all played against Skelleftea of the Swedish Second Division and there were
comebacks from injury for Les Ferdinand, Oyvind Leonhardsen and Ramon Vega. 

Even David Ginola played on the day he was linked with a move to Marseille,
although Graham denied any knowledge of such a move - repeating denials
from director of football David pleat back in England. 

"I personally don't know anything about this. I'm sure, if there was
anything official, the club would let me know about it. But I have no
problems playing David." 

Ginola played the first 45 minutes before becoming the first of nine
substitutions as Graham eased his side into their first game. Having
trained in the morning, they immediately took control on a tricky pitch,
with long grass that made passing difficult. 

A crowd of around 2,000 locals and a handful of travelling Spurs fans saw
Chris Armstrong open the scoring in the 38th minute with a typical header,
after Rebrov had set Darren Anderton free on the right. Armstrong saw a
couple of other chances fly wide and Anderton had a free-kick tipped round
the post, while Ian Walker had little to do at the other end. 

Graham changed things at half-time, bringing on Ferdinand as one of three
substitutes, and the former England striker had a header tipped on to the
bar in the 62n minute. Rebrov looked sharp but was eventually replaced by
Steffen Iversen, who scored twice in the space of five minutes. He headed
in Ben Thatcher's left-wing cross in the 73rd minute and then netted from
close range after a volley from Matthew Etherington, Ginola's replacement,
was tipped onto the woodwork. 

Ferdinand, back after a series of Achilles' tendon problems, completed the
scoring in the closing stages when he headed in from close range following
a free-kick from the left. 

He said: "It was good to be back and get a goal. The Achilles was no
problem and I just need games now to get my fitness back." 

Graham added: "It was a good work out and just about everyone got a game.
The new boys did very well and it is good to see players like Les and
Oyvind Leonhardsen back from injury." 

Team; Walker (Sullivan 60), Young (Carr 80), Perry (Campbell 80), Vega
(Gardner 68), Thatcher, Anderton (Leonhardsen 68), Freund, Sherwood
(Clemence 45) Ginola (Etherington 45) Armstrong (Ferdinand 45), Rebrov
(Iversen 68). 

Goals: Armstrong 37, Iversen 73, 77 Ferdinand 89 

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From Anders Jansson

A few comments from the game. Although a fine evening, earlier rain had
made the surface wet. Spurs are in tough pre-season training, and had 
trained on the morning of the match. This of course makes it
difficult to review them. 

Walker: Dropped a cross. Otherwise not much to do.

Young: Problems in defence, tried to attack a lot without much success.
Vega: The commanding player in the back-four. Dominating in the air,
       but had a few problems on the ground.
Perry: Steady. Did his job without shining.
Thatcher: Same as Perry

Anderton: Shifted a lot between right wing and centre. Not very good.
Freund: Worked a lot.
Sherwood: Also tried, but I hoped more from him.
Ginola: Well, sorry to say. Awful. Motivation?

Rebrov: Quite lively without getting much out of it. Often went back deep
        to combine with the midfield. 
Armstrong: Scored a goal. Not much else.

Subs 
Sullivan: Nothing to do
Clemence: Showed glimpses of nice play, wanting to get involved.
Etherington: Tried hard on the left-wing without much success.
Ferdinand: Dangerous in the air. Seemed to be happy to play, but it
           was obvious that he has been out of the game for a long time.
The rest of the subs only played 20 min or less.

Goals: 1-0 Best move on the night. Sherwood, Anderton and Rebrov
       combined in the middle, which sent Anderton clear on the right
       wing, and from the cross Armstrong headed in the goal.
       2-0 Cross from Thatcher. Iversen header in the right corner.
       3-0 Iversen after a scramble in front of goal
       4-0 Ferdinand. Header after a free-kick from the left.

Overall a bad game, which is understandable due to the training.
However you have to be concerned about the lack of creativity in
midfield. Mostly it was long balls to the front men or just pass the
ball to the wingers for them to cross the ball.