Rain saves Swans' evil spirits

Spirits may have blighted the home of Swansea City

Swansea City's bizarre plan to allow a Kenyan circus act to perform a voodoo dance on The Vetch on Wednesday had to be postponed - because of a waterlogged pitch.

The dance was meant to rid The Vetch of the evil influences which spoon-bending psychic Uri Geller had detected.

When Uri Geller visited us a while ago he said there were black spirits at the club

  Swansea's Peter Owen

But heavy rainfall throughout the day meant the dancers stayed indoors, and any evil spirits were safe for another day.

Swansea currently lie one off the bottom of the Second Division and face an almost impossible task to avoid relegation.

The club were therefore happy to allow the voodoo dance to take place, believing there may be a more sinister reason for their poor results than just a combination of bad luck, injuries and some below-par performances.

The Kenyan Boys are currently touring nearby with the Cottle & Austen circus but have volunteered to come to Swansea's rescue.

Swansea communications manager Peter Owen said: "They've asked to help out and so we invited them to come along.

"When Uri Geller visited us a while ago he said there were black spirits at the club.

"He even claimed these spirits caused the suicide of one of our players, Tich Evans, who played here in the 1920s."