We all have our lucky charms and superstitions.
For example, whenever one of BBM’s flatmates goes out on the pull, he’s always sure to take his “lucky hanky” with him.
The rest of us laugh at this silly superstition, especially when he goes through the ritual of dousing it in chloroform and hiding it in his inside pocket, but fair play to him, he comes back with a different woman every night, most of them slumped over his shoulders looking barely conscious.
We’ve not seen him since the trial, but the point is people will go to strange lengths to appease the gods of fortune – as Washington Redskins running back Chris Thompson proved recently when he revealed his regular match-day ritual.
Apparently Thompson makes sure he has a red and yellow Starburst with him for every game. He’ll eat the yellow one before the game, and put the red one in his sock to eat at half-time – presumably to make sure all the juices are nicely marinated in there.
“Yeah, it sounds kind of nasty, but I’ve done it ever since high school,” Thompson told Monumental Network in DC. “It tastes the same.”
Nice work. Of course, football is littered with famous pre-match rituals – like Laurent Blanc kissing the top of Fabien Barthez’s slaphead before every game, Ronaldo refusing to shoot towards goal in the pre-match warm-up, and Genaro Gatusso always using the same sweater that he wore on his first day, regardless of the weather or the temperature.
Less well known is John Terry’s superstition of shagging a teammate’s wife before each game or Arsene Wenger sacrificing a youth team player “of virgin blood” to appease Satan whenever Arsenal play in Europe.
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