From the gruelling schedule of rail travel in the 1920s, crossing borders in military trucks in 1946 to week-long cross-Atlantic steam liner voyages in the 1950s, United's travel diaries are full of exciting stories.
1908 TOUR OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE
As a reward for winning the first League title in the club’s history, the team was offered a unique opportunity to visit the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the close season. With overseas travel regarded as a novel experience, it was the first time many United players had travelled abroad.
Organised by Thomas Cook & Son, then the country’s biggest and most respected travel operator, the tour lasted four weeks and included an overnight stay and sightseeing in Paris, Zurich, Vienna, Budapest, and Prague, where the team played their first friendly match against S.