Bobo the Mascot!

On Tuesday night I was a mascot for our match against Arsenal in the Champions League.  My Dad won a competition and the prize was 2 tickets to the match and the chance to be a mascot.  Me and my Dad already had tickets, so my Mum and Sister had the free ones.  Me and my Dad were in the Kop as usual, and they went in the main stand with the rest of the mascots and their mums and dads.

When my Dad told me he had won I was really scared, but we talked about it and I felt much better after.  By the time Tuesday came I was really excited!  I had to go to school for a bit first, but then my Mum picked me up.  After lunch we went up to Liverpool.  We had to be there early because all the mascots had to get dressed and have a rehearsal (but not on the pitch!).  Liverpool legend Brian Hall showed us what to do.  Then, after some tea, we all got on a posh coach a bit like the ones the players use and went to Anfield.

We walked to a special door at the ground and all the mascots went in while our mums and dads went and sat down.  When we were inside the ground we all lined up inside before we went out to line up by the pitch and waited for the players.  It was very strange standing on the grass instead of sitting in a seat!  We had to line up off the turf – just by the side.  All the singing was very loud.  It was unusual because the Arsenal fans were singing, and I’ve never heard that before

Pretty soon we were singing You’ll Never Walk Alone and I knew the players would be coming soon.  I was wearing a long sleeved Liverpool kit, so that meant I would be holding an Arsenal player’s hand, but I didn’t know who it would be. It turned out to be Kolo Toure, the Arsenal defender.  I was the last person in the line, and I was in front of Toure, and Adebayor was just behind.  Adeboyor was really funny, he kept making a noise a bit like a horse – “brrrrrrrrrrrr brrrrrrrrrrr brrrrrrrrrrrr” and Toure kept stamping his feet like a horse!  The singing was really loud stood out in the middle, but you couldn’t hear the Arsenal fans or the Champions League music!

Then we all had to run off and a steward took me to the Kop to meet my Dad.  There’s a video of me being a mascot that you can watch just below what I’ve written.  I’m the one on the end on the left hand side in front of Toure.  You can see a bigger picture by clicking the picture at the top, too.

The match was great – my write up is here

New Fernando Torres Song

Somebody made up a really cool song for Fernando Torres.  I’m looking forward to singing this when I go to Anfield next time.  They even jump up and down on the bit that goes na-na-na-na!!