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Bradford City's mascot used to be the City Gent (aka Lenny Berry) - don't think the costume design folk at valley parade were too arsed about coming up with any ideas :

 

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11 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said:

 

In my time as a steward at VP I met the wolves mascot - think the dogheads had a cup semi at our place (vs Arsenal ?)...and "wolfie" used our corporate entrance to get changed upstairs. He hung around thinking we wanted to chat with such a celebrity but in truth I found smashing my balls with a mallet more appealing. 

I can confirm he was every inch the "tay fair, ay it/ we am wolves" type of knuckledragger you'd imagine. He made Steve Bull sound like an Oxford professor.

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This is Brewno Bear, former mascot of Nuneaton Borough

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RIP.

During the FA Cup First Round match against Stoke in 2000, Brewno cavorted around the Brittania during the match, and Pottermus - the Stoke mascot who debuted when they moved to that stadium - stole Brewno's head and ran off with it. 

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The game was a drab 0-0, with this event being the highlight. Boro' were in the Conference at the time and Stoke were a playoff side that season in the Second Division (tier 3), so it was a bit of a surprise result. 

Brewno had the last laugh though, as Boro' won the replay 1-0 at Manor Park in a live game on Sky, a big event for the town at the time. Boro' would arguably outdo that feat a few years later, when they drew against premier league Middlesborough 1-1 in the 3rd round of the FA Cup thanks to a last minute Gez Murphy penalty (conceded by Gareth Southgate).

Two for the price of one then - a pair of pretty poor, if iconic, mascots.

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3 hours ago, mottaloo said:

Bradford City's mascot used to be the City Gent (aka Lenny Berry) - don't think the costume design folk at valley parade were too arsed about coming up with any ideas :

 

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The guy got diabetes and had to lose a load of weight. The club then sacked him as he didn't fulfil the brief of being a jolly fat man. 

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