T'was in the article, he is our instantly identifiable mascot because he is not some furry corporate creature
"The Football League had told us at the time of the League Two Play-Off final that only animal or human mascots were now appropriate if they wore an anonymous headset."
Ah, I missed that.
It reminds me of my own (Exeter) City's mascot fiasco 10 years or so ago and the Mascot Grand National Disgrace.
For those unfamiliar, they hold (or at least held) an annual race for club mascots to enter, fully attired in mascot suit, over a short jump course. You get your usual array of oversized cuddly seabirds, African wildlife, and strange 'others' (Southend, I'm looking at you).
Being 'The Grecians', our mascot at the time was a Greek warrior. However, our manager Noel Blake didn't want some fluffy pantomime act, he wanted a mascot to reflect his 'ruthless, aggressive team' (oh, the irony) so we had a fit, strong middle aged man dressed in an outfit straight out of the movie 300.
As funny as it was watching him chase some quite frankly terrified mascots around the pitch, 'slaying' the ones he managed to catch (before the Football League decided the spectacle of a man with a xiphos stalking a 6 foot robin was beyond the realms of acceptability), when Alex The Grecian turned up to his first Grand National, it was decided he had an unfair advantage on the others and was promptly disqualified!
I expected us to lose by a few last night so i'm happy. Blackburn or Burnley either home or away please, for the next round!
