Ian Holloway has clarified that he does not believe that a ghost is causing Swindon Town to lose games this season.

Following Town’s 2-2 draw against Accrington Stanley on Saturday, Holloway said in his post-match interview that some bad luck the team were having with injuries was because Beversbrook was on the site of an ancient burial ground.

The quotes made national news in the days after the game and the Town boss went on TalkSport Breakfast with Jeff Stelling and Ally McCoist to clarify he did not think that was why the team were not performing well in League Two.

 

 

He said: “I am not saying that we have lost because of a ghost, you absolute chicken nuggets with barbecue pork.

“What I am saying is that the first meeting that I had here, this door behind me is very thick, I shut it and I walked back in and it had opened by itself. The lads went ‘Don’t worry gaffer, that is just the ghost.’

“When you look up Beversbrook, it is an Anglo-Saxon burial site about ten yards away from our training pitch.

“What I said is that I will help our lads in every way that I can and I will bring my wife up to cleanse the training ground.

“But that ghost didn’t head one in on Saturday – can you imagine me letting the lads off with that?”

However, Holloway did confirm that he still intended on bringing his wife in to help cleanse the site, even if it was not the main cause of Town conceding goals.

He said: “She [Holloway’s wife] is a pagan, we go to Glastonbury and she believes in pagan rituals.

“What you do is make it [the spirit] an offering and you burn some sage to get rid of it, we are going to say sorry to the people that we might be trampling on in that area.

“It might help, you never know, as long as I haven’t got to urinate in the corners like Barry Fry had to do.

“It is all about bringing a laugh, the lads are having a laugh today but I am never going to say that my team isn’t any good because a ghost is scoring against us.

“I am going to help in every way, we will have a bit of fun, and we will also get a lot better at what we are doing.”