Brighton and Hove Albion's’ seagull mascots Gully and Sally can be regularly spotted by fans on matchdays at the Amex Stadium, but there has been some interesting mascot concepts chosen by other football clubs over the years.
With Wigan Athletic looking for a new person to be their new Wigan Pie mascot, it’s not the first time a football club has boasted a bizarre and hilarious mascot.
With this in mind, here are 11 of the weirdest and most wonderful football mascots in the history of the game, courtesy of betting.com….
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Gully, the Brighton mascot poses ahead of the English Premier League football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers Photo: GLYN KIRK
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National League side Yeovil Town’s mascot is the Jolly Green Giant, complete with an official football club top hat. An absolutely mad mascot, indeed. Photo: Yeovil Town Football Club
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Arsenal’s Gunnersaurus is certainly a real hall-of-fame football mascot. The neck, the claws, the teeth… it might all be a bit too cute to strike fear in the opposing team but fans didn’t care. In fact, when the beloved dinosaur was sacked by the club to cut costs during the pandemic in 2020, there was uproar amongst Arsenal supporters. Photo: Betting.com
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Spanish second division side Leganes used to have a mascot called Super Pepino, also known as 'the Cucumber Knight'. In 2020, the club played an April-fools joke that their much-loved mascot had been bought by a La Liga club Photo: Getty Images
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The mascot for the German side, F.C. Shalke looks a little like a cross between Postman Pat and a Womble. If this crazy clash of Cbeebies characters doesn’t strike fear into F.C. Schalke’s Bundesliga 2 opponents… then what will? Photo: Betting.com
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Kingsley, the mascot for Scottish Championship team Partick Thistle F.C. is certainly a mad mascot. Looking like the combination of a cartoon sun and Lisa Simpson, Kingsley is certainly effective in striking fear in Partick Thistle’s opponents Photo: Betting.com
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In 2018, West Brom unveiled 'Boiler Man' as their new sponsor, after signing a sponsorship deal with Ideal Boilers. Supporters were unsure of the move, but were told that Baggie Bird would remain the club's main official mascot. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) Photo: Stu Forster