I like to think I am not alone among Norwich City fans in having matchday superstitions.
It is absurd but then a lot of football support is absurd when you deconstruct it in your mind such as wearing replica shirts or queuing up for a person’s scribble on a picture.
I am aware that by declaring these, the magic could potentially be nullified, but I’m going to do it anyway.
Here are some of my Norwich City superstitions:
Mixed up sweets
If I buy chocolate or fruit-based coloured sweets, then I will always try to mix the yellow and green ones together.
This becomes a challenge if said brand discontinues the lemon flavour and thus removes them from the ritual.
Radio luck
I will intensely cross my fingers or press my foot against a nearby wooden surface while listening to Norwich City games on the radio.
Obviously for large portions of this season this has not worked.
Bovril
Okay so I avoided discussing brands previously but this is something that I hope I am not alone in.
The delightful beef drink that is Bovril (other warming savoury drinks are available) for whatever reason only has its place at the football.
At no other time do I crave it. Weird.
The jinx
During the first part of this season our form was marooned inside the porcelain telephone. As I repeatedly went to matches it was suggested by my helpful housemate that perhaps I was the jinx.
While this did give me pause it was also something I couldn’t address- I’m a supporter and unless this could be conclusively proven I wanted to attend as many matches and listen to as many games as possible.
My Mum then said the best riposte ever “If you’re the jinx then there are thousands of others going to the match who are jinxes too.”
This helped but what really made it was when we beat Blackburn 2-0. Even when it was injury time I couldn’t celebrate because I didn’t want to jinx it!
Over to you
What are your Norwich superstitions? Do you have lucky socks? Is there a specific route you take to Carrow Road or a specific eaterie that you have to stop at?
Whatever your Norwich superstitions it is vital to remember the lyrics of the oldest and best football songs of all time…
“Never mind the danger!”
