Superstition can be a very powerful thing. For the people who buy into the whole idea that our fate is somehow influenced by external factors such as what clothes we wear, the order of certain actions we make or simply the act of seeing something that’s slightly unusual, it can be a very real phenomenon that’s not to be taken lightly. But while there are countless items or situations out there said to doom us with their bringing of bad luck, on the flipside, there are also plenty of talismans we can use to counter them. Think four-leaf clovers, horseshoes and the slightly grisly rabbit’s foot. To people who don’t believe in superstition, they are just three disparate objects, but to those that do believe, these simple items can give them the confidence that life’s going to turn out alright.
Now 44-year-old Mick Matthews is not what you’d call a superstitious bloke, but when the time came for him to call on a little bit of luck, we reckon his history of nine previously owned and modified Mk1 Golfs (or Rabbits, as they are known in the US – see what we’ve done here?), must’ve stood him in pretty good stead…
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