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Tommy Elphick's bizarre pre-match ritual for Bournemouth

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Elphick's bizarre pre-match ritual

Tommy Elphick is one of a number of superstitious footballers, but his pre-match ritual is one of the most bizarre.

The Bournemouth captain walks into the goalposts ahead of every game, and it worked out on Monday night as the Cherries were all but promoted to the Premier League after a 3-0 win over Bolton.

Tony Gale and Martin Allen revealed some supersititous anecdotes from their time in the game on The Morning View, but what others are you aware of? 

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