Superstitious Boruc Is Praying This New Year Passes Without a Bang

Mail on Sunday › January 05, 2006

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ENTHUSIASTIC followers of the potentially thrilling Hearts- Celtic showdown who are of the opinion that fireworks could be on offer this afternoon are advised to keep that particular thought to themselves if Artur Boruc is within hearing distance.

New Year's Day last year was no cause for celebration for the goalkeeper, as his hand ended up in plaster as a result of a pyrotechnic accident.

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Superstitious Boruc Is Praying This New Year Passes Without a Bang

Fortunately, there was time - by virtue of the Polish League's winter break - for his damaged finger to heal, but no shortage of concern, either. There is a saying in his native Poland, you see, which suggests that...

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