Do Superstitions Make or Break Football Results?
Football superstitions have long been regarded as silly practices that have no effect on results. However, this hasnt dissuaded some of the worlds most famous football players from entertaining has pre-game superstitions practices Sometimes these routines work, resulting in us congratulating ourselves for holding our breath for 20 seconds before its our turn to shoot or for not washing our socks before the big game, and sometimes they dont work, resulting in us kicking ourselves for forgetting to turn the locker room door three times before exiting, or blaming our spouse for washing that lucky jersey. All sports have superstitious players, ice hockey to cricket, but arguably, amongst all the superstitious players globally, the worst are footballers. But do the footballers superstitions work? Of course, cynics say its silly games, and can have no effect on the outcome of such a skilled game as football. But others (including the footballers themselves) say its what makes or breaks the f