Ange Postecoglou will take Tottenham to Tamworth confident no freakish surprises will lurk at The Lamb to eclipse the time he had to clear toads from a pitch in Fiji.
Postecoglou was South Melbourne boss, competing for a place at the Club World Championship in Brazil in 2000.
Manchester United had been granted permission to withdraw from the FA Cup to play in the same tournament, although their route to Rio de Janiero did not contain amphibious hazards.
'We were warming up and there were toads we had to remove which kept jumping on the pitch,' recalled the Spurs boss.