Lucky shave
I'm a footie fan. My match day, therefore, is filled with bizarre rituals and habits to ensure the success or otherwise of Arsenal Football Club.

After discarding a previously-lucky-but-now-cursed pair of boxer shorts (it got to the point that I couldn't even look at them in my wardrobe on a match day), I have finally boiled down my pre-football preparation to one carefully-researched habit.

I MUST shave on a match day.

As recent results have proven, there have been a a number of match days where I forgot - or couldn't be bothered - to shave. A number of vital defeats are entirely down to my experimenting with The Shaving Curse.

It's not just Arsenal, either. I currently sport a week's worth of stubble, and England are OUT OF THE WORLD CUP.

Sorry, everybody. Sorry.
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 12:49, 5 replies)

I know Liverpool fans who have to eat "lucky chocolate" at a certain time during a match
because years ago Liverpool were being hammered, so they went to buy some chocolate and Liverpool made a come-back and won.

They are all mad as a box of frogs as far as i'm concerned.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 13:00, closed)

HA HA....
...you're a Gooner!
(rampants, Thu 1 Jul 2010, 13:45, closed)

So the Back the Beard campaign
is a bit of a problem for you then?
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Thu 1 Jul 2010, 18:12, closed)

Exact Opposite
I refuse to shave on a match day before the game finishes, drives my wife mad
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:04, closed)

For the old farm derby
I have to take my big signed photo of Iwan Roberts out of my computer room and place it on a Norwich scarf on the mantel piece alongside his book and the 2004-5 season review DVD.

Doesn't always work, think it's an alignment issue...
( Dervel OTBC, Fri 2 Jul 2010, 9:13, closed)