You're all plain daft with your silly superstitions.
The main effect is caused by me counting the players out onto the pitch and pointedly NOT counting the opposition in the same way.
Obviously.

I used to wear a 'lucky hat' to matches during the 80's!

we won because i wore my tracksuit top that i have worn to the last four grand finals.
its now two sizes to big and i looked a prat but it had to be done

For me it was the worst crime to look at any of the matchday programme until after the game (apart from the team list which is obviously allowable in the world of superstition). Also now because i live abroad I must watch the match with a leeds top on, try doing that when its 40 degrees outside!

I have a friend who is convinced that if he records a televised game we'll lose. This stems back to when he got his first VCR and the first 4 games he recorded we lost then the time he forgot to set the timer we won.

To this day the only games he can watch back are those first 4 he ever recorded.