Mark Phillips proves he can perform when he's shaved, scoring the first at Port Vale in August
Superstitious Shrimpers may be worried that the hariest team in the history of the club are starting to mass shave as an excellent month comes to an end with the team on top of League Two after four successive wins with not a single conceded over those games.
Will we see a 'Sampson' effect amongst the lads?
We've been told that midfielder loanee Michael Timlin has been so happy with his form that he's happy remaining hairy, no word on the others except centre-back Matt Phillips, who scoring on Friday in the 3-0 win over Shrewsbury or not, has finally got the Gillette out, the evidence is below!
Beards were growing throughout Roots Hall during September to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Care charity, and Shrimpers24 were happy to support Mark in his 'Beards for Boobs' quest.
We've certainly enjoyed his tweets on the subject over the last few weeks.
It's coming off!
Mark, as seen above in full shaving mode, isn't worried about any reaction to the teams form, he's just pleased to see the back of it!
Phillips told www.echo-news.co.uk: “I can’t wait to get rid of it. Some people are trying to tell me it’s lucky but I think people read too much into things.There are plenty of reasons why we’re doing well at the moment and me having a beard really isn’t one of them!”
You can see Mark one more time with his beard in it's previous full glory one more time by catching the match highlights from Friday by clicking on to the link below, I'm sure the ball comes of of it for his goal!
Match Highlights: www.southendunited-mad.co.uk