‘The stuff of nightmares’: Meet Partick Thistle’s terrifying new mascot

Among the new mascot’s questionable features are a lopsided face, wonky monobrow and seven ominous spikes. Oh, and it’s really, really yellow.

But that didn’t stop the club proudly taking to Twitter to declare the arrival of ‘Kingsley’, who was designed by long-time Jags fan and Turner Prize-nominated artist David Shrigley.

The revelation coincided with Partick Thistle announcing their latest sponsor, California-based advisory firm Kingsford Capital Management.

“Shrigley has maintained his involvement and has designed a unique Kingsford logo which will adorn the front of Thistle’s shirts and be featured prominently around the stadium,” the club said in a statement.

“In addition, a new Shrigley-designed mascot, named Kingsley, will be in attendance on match days.”

Where better to turn on a day like this than to social media? It was a predictably brutal response:

The mascot is arguably even more haunting on the move...

It was a sad day for another Firhill great, Jaggy Macbee, who appears to have been made redundant: