Ghost jinxes Sunderland's Black Cats

The BBC has the story:

Superstitious Sunderland players are worried their promotion campaign could be put in jeopardy by a ghost.

Black Cats stars insist they have seen a strange apparition hanging around the corridors of their training ground.

Striker Marcus Stewart told BBC Radio Newcastle: "What made me think it's true, is Stephen Elliott has seen it. He's adamant that he's seen something."

The alleged sighting coincided with Sunderland's home defeat by Reading - ending a run of eight straight wins.

Coincidence - or something more sinister at work perhaps?

The ghostly figure has also been spotted by backroom staff in the corridors of the Academy. It is described as a "strange black shape", but so far no-one has established whether it is a man or a woman.