Have you ever gone to a game with a child under the age of 10? Of course you have. We’ve all been there. Sure, the promise of finding out about baseball or football is exciting for a minute or two, and definitely something that the patriarch of any adventure like this is looking forward too. After that first minute though? Candy. Hot dogs. Punching a younger sibling. And of course, the mascots.They really are there for the kids, to keep them entertained and coming back, even when the team is a disaster.
I imagine it’s the same across the pond at soccer matches. It’s the beautiful game, certainly, but it lasts longer than 3 minutes, so most kids are checking out early, looking for another distraction. The only difference is that the mascots there are scary as hell. I only know of 2 mascots for the Tippeligaen, and I just found out about the 2nd one after Lillestrom SK tweeted out this picture of their mascot. His name is Gullik, which is Norwegian for “demon bird”
I like that the club couldn’t find anything other than a grainy photo of him. It adds to the perception that Gullik is a terrifying beast coming to eat your children. The knobby knees and heavy lidded eyes scream anything but “cute” or “cuddly”. Diseased and terrifying, maybe.
And yes, I said there were two mascots. The other is the mascot for Rosenborg, my team. In Norway, RBK is called the “Troll Kids” so they went ahead and made their mascot a giant troll.
Hey! It’s Sergeant Landsman! Rosenborg is literally trolling any family that brings children to their matches. We make fun of the Germans over here in the States, but now I am beginning to think it’s Norway that hates the sound of laughing children
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