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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League One’s Wycombe Wanderers have this jolly good fella as a mascot. His name refers to the town of High Wycombe’s links to the furniture industry, and he’s sometimes seen sporting a moustache during movember. Photo: Betting.com
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Stolle, the mascot for the German Bundesliga 2 side, Holstein Kiel F.C. certainly leaves an impression. It’s hard not to find this six-foot stork utterly hilarious - especially with Stolle’s habit of pretending to gobble fans up Photo: Betting.com
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A lion mascot isn’t exactly uncommon for football teams. England has one, as do several English clubs including Chelsea, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough, Bolton and many more. But the lion mascot for the 2006 World Cup in Germany was a little different - maybe it’s his animated football friend that’s off-putting. Photo: Betting.com
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The main mascot for last season’s Premier League champions Man City is said to be an alien from the planet ‘Blue Moon’, he can usually be seen with his female counterpart Moonbeam. So that’s why Manchester City’s football abilities are out of this world. Photo: Betting.com