If truth be known, I would have said that 95 percent of players are superstitious, absolutely. And you would continue that for a while until you changed and stuck with another superstition. A bizarre response to an easy question, surely, but O'Neill's superstitious nature has been evident throughout his career.
Ahead of an FA cup semi final with Aston Villa he was quizzed on the possibility of an unlucky hotel and his superstitions in general, to which he had this to say:.
When managing Sunderland, O'Neill insisted that his players stayed in the same hotel in Durham every night before a home game. This was considered quite unusual as most of the players lived within the vicinity anyway and there was simply no real need to stay there. He had established that this particular hotel was the only one to be used. O'Neill's best known superstition is his fondness for the number 31, which coincidentally is a reversal of the cursed He has had the number printed onto every tracksuit of every club he's managed and amazingly he's refused to ever reveal why he is so bound to number What type of underwear does Ricky Martin wear?
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Oh, how we journos love a bit of bantz with a gaffer. Even the greatest of the great are not immune. A week later he had it back and his form instantly returned.
This so amused his West Ham and England colleague Martin Peters that the latter would take off his own shorts as soon as Moore had put on his, prompting Moore to take his off again until Peters was once more fully attired.
But perhaps the last and best word on the efficacy or otherwise of superstition in football was that once proffered by the irrepressible Barry Fry who, when manager of Birmingham City, had attempted to confound a curse reportedly placed on St Andrews, by urinating in all four corners of the pitch. Then they sacked me, so probably not.
Any guesses on the significance of the number 31!!! Retired and now a BT Sports pundit. Wasn't there some dressing room discussion where O'Neil said he was still a better player than Rafael Scheidt, so took his squad number?
Everyone's Fantasy Football first pick. It represents his secret desire to see a united Ireland, but without Mayo as he had a nasty experience in Castlebar once. That's my guess. I can't wait to read his autobiography.
Not sure if he wore 31 before Celtic, but 31 was definitely Rafael's squad number. Can't see any evidence he wore 31 at Leicester etc. Someone suggested unlucky 13 reversed. Something to do with Brian Clough? Oscar Strummer. What else did he say? His birthday is March 1st. Jessica Fletcher.
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