Superstitions
When it comes to being superstitious I have to admit that come match day I have my little routines that have to be followed.
It starts right from the moment I wake up in the morning - and carries on even after the match. On Saturdays I have to do the same things week in week out. A Tuesday match day is slighly more tricky, but again I try to do the same things every week.
I have to wear my newest Argyle away shirt over another top I have, jeans, the same colour socks and everything like that - incuding underwear. For days when Liverpool and Celtic are playing - but Argyle aren't then I just wear the correct team shirt - for all others - its the Argyle shirt.
I then have to go to Tesco's and buy the same things every week - this season its chicken salad sandwich and diet coke, and for a day with an evening kick off I have to get a chicken korma and pilau rice to have before the game. Last season it was something different. This is starting to cost a fortune as any day one of my teams is playing I have to buy the food. If I end up going to the pub instead with some mates for lunch I have to have the same food - usually Lasagne and a diet coke.
On home matches I have to leave at the same time and go the same route, which due to Argyle losing most of their home matches I've changed for the last 2 games. I seem to have found a lucky route, though having said that Argyle will proably lose next time I use it. I even have to walk back the same route after the game - just in case.
When I go to away games - well I try and stick to the pattern as much as I can - such as eating the same pub food and wearing the same clothes.
I know there is no logical explaination for all of this, and that if one week I didn't follow the routine, eat the right food it would not affect the result of the game - but I daren't change or do something different as it just might. Having said that just recently I went to Pizza Hut with some mates for lunch on match day - and Arygle lost 5-0 to West Ham.
I have no idea how all this came about, but I just can't seem to break the cycle.
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