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OCD: Flowers, Abs and Chest

Unable to get to the FA Cup 4th Round Replay against Liverpool, I watched the match in my local pub in Edinburgh. My other half wasn't too happy as it meant she'd be watching it too...

Before the match, I turned to her and said, "If Everton win tonight I'm going to do 200 press-ups, 200 sit-ups everyday and it'll only end when Everton loose and for every match until then I'll buy you a bunch of flowers!"

I didn?t think it would last this long and my other half never was interested in football but now she's becoming a big bluenose, she has the Everton fixture list on the kitchen door, listens to match day radio and my flat now is starting to look like a florist as the fixtures come thick and fast. The only other time I did this was in '95 when we won the FA Cup, when I went to church the day before an FA Cup match and prayed for a win. When we did go to the final, I took a Bible to London with me and prayed in a London Church.... it sounds stupid as I'm not religious and the only other time I do go to Church is for weddings & funerals. Anyway I thought I'd let you all in on my superstition at the moment.

I guess at the moment my superstition is a little like an obsessive-compulsive disorder but I know I?ll finish it as soon as the blues loose, which I hope they don't.

By the way my arms/chest have increased by 2 inches and even though I don?t have a six-pack at the moment, if we don?t loose the next 4 games I'll be taking a six-pack (not of beer) to Wembley with me... COYB!!!!!
Shaun Kinnair, Edinburgh Posted 19/03/2009 at 11:42:58

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Brian Williams
1 Posted 20/03/2009 at 06:56:24

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You shoulda negotiated a BJ in there ’til we lose as well *L*

Brett Bradshaw
2 Posted 20/03/2009 at 09:30:41

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I may give that a go!

Dave Smith
3 Posted 20/03/2009 at 10:54:17

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I’m an exiled Evertonian living in Edinburgh, I haven’t come across many of us in the past 3 years so if you fancy watching us annihilating Man U give us a shout.

Neil McKinney
4 Posted 20/03/2009 at 12:04:42

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Nice one Shaun. The Blues are winning and you’re scoring brownie points at the same time. Result.

Shaun Kinnair
5 Posted 20/03/2009 at 14:34:15

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Dave Smith.... gives us your email and we’ll get together to shout on the blues next time there on TV.

Roger Osborne
6 Posted 20/03/2009 at 19:19:00

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I was acutally sick an hour or so after the final whistle when we beat them in the replay, not through alcohol consumption, but pure nerves.

That was an epic night, and the way it went, the way it was settled right at the death, the feeling and euphoria of beating your biggest rivals, an eighteen year wait to beat them in the tournament, just played havoc with my insides.

The culmination of the evening being having a cold one in a Lewisham churchyard at one in the morning. A bit unorthodox I admit, but it was a special night.

Dave Smith
7 Posted 20/03/2009 at 20:38:37

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Alright Shaun, my email address is

davidsmith3000@gmail.com

be good me meet up.

speak to you later

Dick Fearon
8 Posted 20/03/2009 at 22:44:27

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Roger O, I hope to god that cold one you had at 1am in Lewisham churchyard did not involve the use of a shovel.

Jay Harris
9 Posted 20/03/2009 at 23:25:42

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Must have been a thick bible to fit that six pack in.

Sean Patton
10 Posted 21/03/2009 at 00:51:45

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Keep going, Shaun ? it is for the greater good remember. My superstition is to predict the score before the match on here. So without further ado I say 2-0 with goals from Osman and Baines