HARRY REDKNAPP will no doubt be wearing his bulldog tie and clutching his lucky angel at St Mary's.

Up at The Hawthorns, Bryan Robson will have his Buddha near him as West Brom take on Pompey.

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of football superstitions.

One man who certainly understands Redknapp's thought process is Jim Chamberlain, who owns the football memorabilia shop a goalkick from St Mary's in Northam Road.

The Daily Echo recently featured his 'call to arms' rallying call ahead of the Norwich match - which saw Saints throw themselves a survival lifeline in dramatic circumstances.

Now Chamberlain has added two little angels of his own to his shop window display in a bid to bring Saints more luck.

He's also got a small 'Punch and Judy' in Norwich and Palace colours "so they can fight it out between themselves!

"I can see where Harry is coming from," said Chamberlain.

"I heard him say the other day when he was at Bournemouth that he wore the same suit for a long time because the team were doing well.

"He said at the end of the season the suit was walking out of the dressing room on its own!

"A lot of people connected with sports are very superstitious. There's lots of funny little rituals they do.

"But, if they help make you believe, then fair enough."

Chamberlain has also put Alan Ball's former Saints tie in his window and a Ted Bates painting - "people who sum up the original spirit of Southampton."

He explained: "I wanted things that made you feel good about the club - you have to be positive this week of all weeks. I know people whose lives have been taken over by this game."

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Lawrie McMenemy bob.brunskell@soton-echo.co.uk

URI GELLER.

THAT shy, retiring wallflower Uri Geller has apparently offered to help Harry Redknapp in his hour of need, saying he could pass on his powers of positive thinking to the Saints team and ensure their Premiership survival.

It took me back to 1976 before our semi-final with Crystal Palace when a stage hypnotist called Romark offered his services first to Malcolm Allison, who promptly told him where to go.

He rang my secretary Val Gardner to book an appointment with me and the players and, as he'd told the world he'd put a curse on Allison, I took the coward's way out and agreed to see him.

After training, I got the players in with the promise there would be no laughing. When he came in, his eyes immediately struck me. He had peripheral vision, both eyes staring in different directions.

He surprised everyone by asking for two chairs to be placed in the centre of the room facing away from each other two yards apart, then got an apprentice to put his head on one and heels on the other.

When he took the chairs away, the lad stayed suspended in mid-air. I was even asked to sit on the lad's stomach and still he stayed suspended.

We were impressed and let him talk about positive thinking before saying our thank-yous and farewells.

George Horsfall, our reserve team trainer, came in shortly afterwards and, after telling him what had happened, he did the trick all over again. He wouldn't tell us how it had been done, but George was born in India and it may well have had something to do with the old Indian rope trick.

Anyway, Romark must have been pleased with us, as we promptly beat Palace.

Romark later tried to drive blindfold on Brighton seafront in another stunt and ended up running into the back of a police car!