The ever illuminating Richie Sadlier spoke of the weirdest pre-match routine he ever encountered during his days at Milwall.
Jack Grealish's determination to roll his socks down inspired a discussion about superstitions on Second Captains. Richie first detailed Stevie Claridge's rather traditional insistence on having the same sock and shinpad would have to go on each boot.
But this was put firmly in the shade by his tale of Stuart Nethercott's quite extraordinary pre-match routine.
The most bizarre one we had - and when you don't know this one is coming, it's a bonkers experience - Stuart Nethercott, he used to be at Tottenham and he came to us, and his pre-match routine, he would go into one of the cubicles and he would vomit. So you wouuld hear that. And then he would start roaring, 'feed the bear!'
I remember the very first time that happened, you'd go 'Is Nethers getting sick?' and then you'd head 'feed the bear!' and then he would emerge from the cubicle area, and he would always be wearing the same thing, just shorts and socks and flip-flops, so he would be topless.
And then, he'd start shadow boxing (laughing) He'd just starts punching the air. And you'd go 'what the hell is going on with Nethers?' and then after you while, a few weeks would go by and you'd just go, 'that's just what he does.'
These days, lads just listen to the Al Pacino speech on the way to the game. There's no colour in modern day superstitions.
