The City Gent is one of the official mascots for English football team Bradford City A.F.C., along with Billy Bantam. The City Gent is also the name of the club's fanzine. Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, Florida. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bradford City Association Football Club is a football team based at the Bradford and Bingley Stadium (formerly known as Valley Parade) in Bradford, England. ... Billy Bantam is one of the official mascots for English football team Bradford City A.F.C., along with The City Gent. ...

The City Gent

He is a man (of the larger persuasion), dressed in a full City football kit, topped with a bowler hat and umbrella. He is a popular figure with both home and away fans, and often participates in football chant made in his direction: particularly "You fat bastard!" where he takes great delight in uncovering his quite substantive bare stomach in good humour. An obese man. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The bowler hat is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown created for Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester of Holkham, in 1850. ... An umbrella is a device used to keep rain off a person. ... A chant is the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, either on a single pitch or with a simple notes and often including a great deal of repetition or statis. ... In anatomy, the stomach (in ancient Greek στόμαχος) is an organ in the gastrointestinal tract used to digest food. ...

The man himself is Lenny Berry. He takes an active role in promoting the club in the community, attending supporters' clubs and promotional events. On match day, he looks after the match-day mascots together with his fellow official mascot Billy Bantam. He often plays goalkeeper in penalty shoot-outs against the match-day mascots and children from local schools. He also walks around the perimeter of the pitch, throwing free sweets into the stands. Billy Bantam is one of the official mascots for English football team Bradford City A.F.C., along with The City Gent. ... A football goalkeeper leaves the ground to parry a shot on goal In many team ever known sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, or goalie in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal. ... Kicks from the penalty mark (commonly referred to as a penalty shootout) are sometimes used to decide the winner of a tied match of association football (soccer). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

See also

• List of football (soccer) mascots