As a bairn, I always used to wear a pair of Sunderland socks under my jeans and would feel that I'd break a hoo-doo if I didn't have egg and chips before catching the bus to Roker Park on match day. Many years later a mate of mine suddenly piped up "it's the beard! It's the beard!" from the corner flag of the Fulwell end as we scored our second goal. Next time I saw him, just over a year later he looked like a castaway -I swear his facial hair was 4-5 inches long. So, what special pre-match rituals do you have or do you know of?
In the 91/92 FA Cup games, my cousin had some chewy in one of the early games so when we won he decided to chew it at every game. He kept on wrapping it up at the end of each game and getting it out again next game, and we kept on winning. In the semi against Norwich when we scored he cheered and the chewy fell out of his mouth and someone stepped on it. He scraped it up off the floor and took it home to think about what he should do. He went as far as washing it, but when it came to the final, he decided not to take it and we lost. So we lost the 92 final because of Barry's chewy. Fact!
last of the bus everytime.... however i once had some old geezer who had fallen asleep and i almost missed the start of the match because i had to sit there for 30 mins
