In the summer of 1904 Celtic embarked on their first tour of continential Europe.
Although Queen’s Park had been on a similar trip some six years earlier the tour by the Celtic party was still regarded at the time as rather adventurous and forward thinking. Manager Willie Maley was very keen on taking the Bhoys to foreign lands and he relished the challenge of spreading the Celtic name further afield.
The 1904 tour saw Celtic visit Austria and Czechoslovakia to play a total of three games. In Vienna Celtic defeated Union Wien 6-1 and Wiener AC 4-2 before heading to Prgue where they won 4-1 against SK Slavia Praha.