Was it the David Howells Testimonial by any chance? I believe that was against Fiorentina and we lost 2-0. It was also our first chance to see Les Ferdinand and David Ginola in action just before the 97/98 season started. We wore the blue and gold shirt with white shorts and socks that was to be our away strip for the season and Fiorentina played in white.Fiorentina. Against Spurs in a pre-season friendly in the '90s.
First foreign team I watched that weren't playing against us was Union Berlin when I was over there on holiday.