From Alabama To Ireland In Sports Curses

Imagine if your favorite team was doomed to fail for all eternity. Or if, worse again, tragic things kept happening on a particular sports ground. Well according to some superstitious fans, that’s just what’s ahead of certain teams with sports curses.

Whether you believe in sports curses or not, the stories can be absolutely fascinating for a sports fan. So whether you like to place the odd wager online at sportsbooks like bet365 (bonus code bet365 for new players) or you’re glued to every match and race that comes on the screen, you just might be interested in what we have to share here today.

Sports curses

Mayo, Ireland

Ireland is an ancient country with a deep connection to spirituality. And one place where that comes to the fore is the story of the Mayo Gaelic Football curse.

One of the most popular sports in Ireland, Gaelic football is followed with close scrutiny. And if one county makes it close to the All-Ireland final, the talk of the whole country leads back to the famous Mayo curse. We’re not talking some fringe interest. The whole island seems to know about the curse put on Mayo back in 1951…

After the county won the All-Ireland in that year, the team were naturally celebrating and thinking largely about their success. However, in their rush to celebrate, their bus overtook a hearse on its way to a funeral.

Disrespecting the dead is never a good idea, but particularly not in Ireland. The priest presiding over the funeral was outraged. In response, he cursed the team. According to the legend, unless all of the players who were on the original team die, Mayo have no chance to win an All-Ireland. One remaining team member is alive. He was a sub on the day of the big match and never took to the pitch, so there’s some debate over whether the curse should really apply to him. But Mayo have failed to win to this day, regardless.

Alabama, United States

NASCAR’s longest track, the Talladega Superspeedway, is also one of its most deadly. Legend has it that there is a jinx on this race track that causes terrible things to happen.

There have been fatal accidents that experts say shouldn’t have resulted in deaths. Drivers have heard voices that implored them to quit the industry. Cars have been sabotaged but culprits never found.

This Alabama race track has seen more than its fair share of tragedy. And some sports fan say it’s due to supernatural forces. There are rumours that the track was built on an ancient burial ground, or that a shamen has cursed the track. Whatever the case, a lot of bad things seem to happen on the Talladega Superspeedway.

Poker ghost stories

Now that we’re in a spooky frame of mind, perhaps you’d like to hear some scary stories about the world of poker? We’ve got the skinny on a few of poker’s most famous ghost stories. For instance, the story of the Dead Man’s Hand will stop you in your tracks. It’s full of drama and has influenced so much in culture, from police uniforms to hand nicknames to classic rock songs.

Or else, why not explore 1850s Liverpool and the man who made a deal with the devil. Businessman William Mackenzie thought he could outsmart the devil, but instead he ended up doomed to haunt the streets of Liverpool, England, for all of eternity…