Mascots

[Magicme]

Oh and I loved your piece on the Mondogs and your bull run! Lol. Wish had seen that!

[Mad Moose]

Sligo Rovers - Benny The Bull. (If you need a pic..)

I'd not put aul Benny at a day under 60 at all. Nice enough fella mind.

[eelmonster]

Mons have Football Head but he doesnt make many appearances.

... since he started managing your first team.

[razor]

He was always a bit of a pr!ck to away supporters

He was always very nice to us.

[Martinho II]

longford lion used to be our mascot up to a few years ago.. Rather embarrisingly I had to do it one night in the first season we went down after relegation in 2007.. never again..

[MagicMon]

Mons have Football Head but he doesnt make many appearances.

He's a right head-the-ball

[The Lep]

Leo is banned

Leo was great craic

[Ash]

I think someone stole the head of our Leo The Lion outfit

[MMVIII]

I'd not put aul Benny at a day under 60 at all. Nice enough fella mind.

Aha boi!

[writerbk1969]

So Ash, have Athlone mascot called Leo the Lion now then?

[DannyInvincible]

R. Mucker scoring a penalty past Gerard Doherty in the Brandywell.


R. Mucker reading the Derry News. (Location uncertain; it's either the Brandywell office or on a capsizing ship.)

[writerbk1969]

Bray - Rocky I think he's called
Bohs - Dennis The Menace (think thats the name anyway)
Limerick - Leo The Lion
St Pats - Paddy The Panther
Rovers - Hooperman
UCD - Collee
Cork -Corky The Cheetah
Derry City - R Mucker
Sligo - Benny The Bull
Monaghan - Football Head (the odd time)
Dundalk - Lily The Panda
Galway - Terry The Tiger
Finn Harps - Harper The Dog
Longford - Longford Lion (gone since 2007?)
Athlone - (Leo the lion again?)

ex-clubs
Kildare Country - Stevie Coppell
Sporting Fingal - Freddie The Fingal Fox


Great stuff lads.
As well as putting them into the book, I'm trying to organise the ever League of Ireland Mascot Race to coincide with the book being launched, which there are various options with at the moment. Once it was a LOI or ex-LOI mascot. It's good exposure but a nice way to raise money for charity as well, though I need some help doing this.

I know Waterford don't have one and very much doubt Salthill, Mervue of Wexford do, so that only leaves Shelbourne and Drogheda to find out about.

[eelmonster]

R. Mucker reading the Derry News. (Location uncertain; it's either the Brandywell office or on a capsizing ship.)

So, the Brandywell office circa November 2009 then.

[DannyInvincible]

So, the Brandywell office circa November 2009 then.

Very good. That must be it.

[sorbothegreek]

longford lion used to be our mascot up to a few years ago.. Rather embarrisingly I had to do it one night in the first season we went down after relegation in 2007.. never again..

I was in Longford lion suit at a recent game between longford and Liverpool legends. I was giving out free bars of chocolate and sweets to kids (in my official capacity of course) when the crowd of kids got a little too large for me to handle. Some of them were a unhappy that my mittened hands couldn't pass out the freebies quick enough and startrd to hit me. This turned into quite an intensive beating and i couldnt see a thing out the f***ing head.
So about 15 kids (including some that were surely 16-17) years of age beat the living crap out of me, kicks included while i'm shouting profanities and there's a load of smaller children cryinging at the combo of the lion taking a beating and the stream of curses i was letting out.
Not one fu*ker helped me..

[passinginterest]

I was in Longford lion suit at a recent game between longford and Liverpool legends. I was giving out free bars of chocolate and sweets to kids (in my official capacity of course) when the crowd of kids got a little too large for me to handle. Some of them were a unhappy that my mittened hands couldn't pass out the freebies quick enough and startrd to hit me. This turned into quite an intensive beating and i couldnt see a thing out the f***ing head.
So about 15 kids (including some that were surely 16-17) years of age beat the living crap out of me, kicks included while i'm shouting profanities and there's a load of smaller children cryinging at the combo of the lion taking a beating and the stream of curses i was letting out.
Not one fu*ker helped me..

That made me laugh a lot more than it possibly should have.

It's like a Barnado's ad or something, behind the happy exterior there's a poor abused soul, this Christmas please think of the suffering of mascots everywhere, even the smallest donation can make a big difference to providing a mascot with paws suitable for distributing sweets at a fast enough rate for the ever more demanding kids. Help us to help mascots and avoid more tragic, soul destroying kickings.

[cornflakes]

I know Waterford don't have one and very much doubt Salthill, Mervue of Wexford do, so that only leaves Shelbourne and Drogheda to find out about.

Wexford Youths Pink Panther

[PartySaint]

As well as putting them into the book, I'm trying to organise the ever League of Ireland Mascot Race to coincide with the book being launched

If its over a long distance, I would fancy Paddy the Panther to take it, He ran the Dublin Marathon a few years ago

[outspoken]

Bohs are currently looking for a new name 4 there mascot

from their fb page:

We posted this late last night, so in case anyone missed it...

The deadline for suggested names for the Bohs mascot has been extended to next Wednesday. If you click on the link, you can vote on some of the entries we've received so far - but we want even BETTER ones.

Suggestions so far - BFG (bohemians footballing giant), Dennis the Bohemians Menace, Lowgy (after johnny logan) and many just asking for Dennis the menace to be kept.

[Eminence Grise]

Bohs are currently looking for a new name 4 there mascot

In no particular order...
Ajai Chopra
Dennis the Penniless
The Nutsy Cracker Sweet Man
Gypsy Rose Lee (now that would do wonders for attendances if you got the right person in the suit getting out of the suit at half-time...)