It’s been a mixed week for mascots in England.
At Liverpool, the famed Anfield outfit has just debuted its first mascot. It’s a bird-type thingy, of course – blessed with a creepy grin. You see it there on the right.
As you might expect, not all the Liverpool faithful are happy their beloved Reds have joined the mascot set. But as the one of the local newspapers notes, slippery slope that it is, clubs’ embrace of the cuddly and furry is all about appealing to children.
“And if Mighty Red can, over time, help lower the age of Liverpool’s fanbase and attract a new generation of supporters, then that can only be a good thing,” says the paper.
Either way, let’s hope things work out better for Mighty Red than they did for this mascot from Leeds. (OK, this one is from rugby, but still …)
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- d214tx - Jul 13, 2012 at 2:00 PM
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Well good thing he’s not gonna be at the games
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- ndnut - Jul 13, 2012 at 3:22 PM
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Hope it’s not as bad for him as what I’ve read about with Wally the Green Monster for the Boston Red Sox. Also, what if the Premier league did something like the NFL from 1983-1985 in order to reach younger children? It may have been discontinued but that age group has made football the most popular sport in this country by a LONG way.
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- joeyt360 - Jul 15, 2012 at 3:37 PM
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Can cheerleaders be far behind? j/k
