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 cyril_the_swan
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Swansea City mascot Cyril the Swan has come in for criticism after he pulled off a fellow mascot's head and drop-kicked it into the crowd during the half-time entertainment.
Trouble ensued when Cyril the Swan decided the best way to win was to knobble the opposition and a play fight ensued on the start...
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 cyril_lowe
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LOWE J. John Cyril Lowe  Private 45437 15th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) John Cyril Lowe died on Monday 22 October 1917, Age 20, and was remembered on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL...
Cyril Lowe, who has been the choir’s Secretary since its inception, and also Win Watkins, Treasurer, ably...
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 cyril_lowe
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LOWE J. John Cyril Lowe  Private 45437 15th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) John Cyril Lowe died on Monday 22 October 1917, Age 20, and was remembered on the TYNE COT MEMORIAL...
Doyle Debudin, both of whom allegedly were house guests of one-time wildlife importer Cyril Lowe.
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 1871 - Kingsley Royal - history
You'll be pleased to hear that a number of the mascots present ganged up on Cyril the Swan after the race!
[Note added 23rd April 2001- the date of the show has changed from Thursday, 31st May to Monday, 16th July, and it is called "Nice Swan Cyril".]
16th July 2001- Kingsley takes part in the Radio 5 Live show called "Nice Swan Cyril".
http://www.btinternet.com/~rfc1871/kingsley/history.htm   (2417 words)

  
 BBC News WALES Cyril the Swan eyes assembly career
Swansea City FC's mascot Cyril the Swan is looking to a possible career in politics following the election of fellow footballing mascot H'Angus the Monkey as mayor of Hartlepool in England's local elections.
Cyril the Swan's spokesman Peter Owen said: "Cyril was very interested in the English election results.
Football fans in south Wales are accustomed to hearing about the antics of Cyril the Swan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/wales/1969635.stm   (512 words)

  
 Sunday Herald
South of the border, where Swansea's Cyril The Swan has become synonymous with mascot violence since ripping the head off Millwall's Zampa The Lion and booting it into the crowd, the Football League has introduced a code of conduct for these not-so-tim'rous beasties.
Chester is a very proper sort of mascot and does not approve of Cyril The Swan or his rowdy friend Wolfie The Wolf, who, in 1998, while Wolverhampton Wanderers took on Bristol City, exchanged blows with three little pigs.
In the aftermath of the same race, Cyril The Swan was investigated by the police following a violent incident.
http://www.sundayherald.com/print24824   (2587 words)

  
 The dedicated site for cyrils
cyrils financial skill are well known at Evergreen forest, XCyril the swan well known swan form cardiff fc has a great repitation of raising moral (even though he got band from the side lines of cardiff for a while).
Cyril sneer (left) will be my finacial adviser and cyril the swan (right) will be the war minister
I have been given the name cyril and now i want all you cyrils (even the squirrels) to take over the world
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 Football Mascot fears soccer beaks
Cyril is so popular that his engagements diary is fully booked for the remainder of the year and he regularly attends charity events, weddings and shop and fete openings in the Swansea area.
Later this month, Cyril is set to make football history by becoming the first swan to be charged with bringing the game into disrepute when he faces a Football Association of Wales (FAW) disciplinary hearing following his pitch invasion.
Cyril is to be represented at the hearing by Maurice Watkins, the Manchester United lawyer who defended Eric Cantona for his two footed lunge on a Crystal Palace fan in January 1995.
http://football.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,3824625-103,00.html   (652 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet England: News for Monday February 12, 2001
Cyril the Swan has got himself in a flap again.
Cyril the Swan in hot water after mascot battle
Swansea City have leapt to the defence of zany club mascot Cyril the Swan.
http://www.soccernet.com/england/news/2001/0212   (1266 words)

  
 spiked-life Column Offside
In November 1998 Cyril danced onto the pitch to celebrate a Swansea goal against Millwall, and wrapped a wing around the goal-scorer.
When it comes to disciplinary problems, Cyril the Swan is the Vinnie Jones of mascots.
Despite Millwall's fearsome reputation, the swan proved to be harder - removing the lion's head and drop-kicking it into the crowd.
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000054C7.htm   (561 words)

  
 mascots
Cyril was previously involved in a one swan pitch invasion when Swansea took the lead against Millwall in an FA Cup tie, and received a two match ban after being found guilty of “bringing the game into disrepute” by the Football Association of Wales.
The event was further marred when it was alleged that Swansea’s Cyril the Swan had assaulted a 46 year old woman who was dressed as a dog.
Earlier this year Swansea and Millwall were in opposition once more, when Cyril was again fined and banned from the touchline after he drop-kicked Millwall’s mascot Zampa the Lion during the penalty shoot-out competition staged between rival mascots at every home match at the Vetch Field.
http://www.nomad-online.co.uk/html/mascots.html   (807 words)

  
 BBC News WALES Cyril the Swan faces assault claim
Cyril the Swan hit the headlines after his exuberant match celebrations at the Vetch Field led to a touchline ban.
Police have begun an investigation into claims Swansea City football club's Cyril the Swan assaulted a woman at a mascots race.
Police have not officially named the man wearing the swan outfit, and the spokeswoman stressed that investigations were at an early stage.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/wales/newsid_1580000/1580923.stm   (199 words)

  
 Football in general - Review - I'VE SEEN DEEPDALE DUCK NAKED! FOOTBALL MASCOTS: THE TRUTH UNDER THE FUR
Cyril the Swan He is the mascot of Swansea City F.C. This guy has a more protruding neck than Deidre ‘in a court room drama’ Rachid.
Last year it was a close run contest between Cyril the Swan (Swansea F.C.) and Harry the Hornet (Watford F.C.).
Cyril, the stronger of the two, grabbed Zampa’s head, and drop kicked it into the crowd.
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/discussion/football-in-general/316878   (1742 words)

  
 SWANSEA CITY FC - Press Cuttings
CYRIL the Swan was flying high on Saturday when he launched the new-look National Lottery show — and saved his skin against all odds.
The crowd of Cyril fans went crazy and the 9ft Swan did a victory jig.
It was down to the balls to decide whether naughty Cyril stayed or left his Vetch Field nest.
http://scfc130.valuehost.co.uk/scfc/press52.html   (2980 words)

  
 Internet
Cyril the Swan is, predictably, an almost permanent presence on the pages – maybe the only other British club mascot in the RR elite league.
The Swans-orientated gossip is intriguing: ‘SWANS CAN COUNT ON £250,000 CUP BONANZA’, ‘RACIST CHANTS FAN IS BARRED’ and ‘NICE SWAN CYRIL IS GETTING READY TO PARTY’.
An obsessed Swan, Gary Martin, is the man responsible for the facility – which has been up and running since 1996.
http://www.red-passion.com/issue4/internet.htm   (228 words)

  
 Cyril the Swan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In February, 2001, Cyril attacked Zampa the Lion, official mascot of the visiting Millwall team, by jumping on his back and ripping off his head, which he then kicked into the Swansea crowd.
Cyril the Swan is a fictional giant swan, the official mascot of Swansea City Association Football Club.
Cyril appeared as the pet of the Emperor of China, in a British pantomime of Aladdin.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_the_Swan   (173 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet Column by John Brewin: The upsetting history of the Third Round
Managed by John Hollins and roared on by mascot Cyril, the Swan stopped the likes of Ferdinand, Berkovic and local boy John Hartson dead in their tracks.
Swansea v West Ham: John Hollins and Cyril the Swan celebrate
A first-half free-kick from Martin Thomas separated the teams at the Vetch Field, after a draw at Upton Park.
http://www.soccernet.com/columns/2000/1219/20001219facfeatjohn.html   (1658 words)

  
 Edinburgh Evening News - Sport - Harry and Sammy hot under the collar after Wolfie's mob land them in trouble
Swansea City’s notorious Cyril the Swan was fined £1000 for throwing a pork pie at West Ham fans, and hit the headlines when he drop-kicked the head of the Millwall mascot, Zampa the Lion, into the crowd.
Before long, Hearty Harry was on the blower to claim that Cyril the Swan and Wolfie the...er, Wolf were "getting away with murder".
FOOTBALL mascots south of the Border are spoiling the image of their Scottish counterparts...Sammy the Tammy phoned the office to tell me so.
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport.cfm?id=1649952001   (1367 words)

  
 Going animal in the world of the sport mascot - Sport - www.theage.com.au
In British soccer, Swansea's Cyril the Swan ripped off Zamba the Lion's head and booted it into the crowd.
Swansea City's Cyril the Swan ruffles some feathers.
Morton's Tonosauraus hanged St Mirren's Paisley Panda in effigy (after the black 'n' white bad boy wiped his backside on the Morton team sheet).
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/01/13/1105582652294.html?oneclick=true   (627 words)

  
 icWales - The Swans say goodbye to the Vetch
Cyril the Swan was thrown to the baying mob, yet that failed to quell them and the noise was such that even if the microphone he clasped had been working, manager Kenny Jackett wouldn't have been heard.
Cyril the Swan turned from jailbird to husband when the club mascot tied the knot with a duck before kick-off while Max Boyce belted out Land of my Fathers and local songstress Catherine Davies got more than she bargained for when singing My Way.
The cramped terrace has been the heartbeat of the club through the years and it can only be hoped that a similar level of noise can be generated when the Swans move to their plush new £24m Morfa Stadium.
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0600soccer/0700swanseacity/tm_objectid=15465258&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=the-swans-say-goodbye-to-the-vetch-name_page.html   (1203 words)

  
 Swansea City A.F.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The club's somewhat flamboyant mascot is Cyril the Swan who has recently been joined by Sybil the Swan who is a doyenne of equal opportunity.
The last game of any sort at the Vetch Field was a 2-1 win against Wrexham in the final of the 2005 FAW Premier Cup; it was the Swans' first trophy win since the Division Three Championship in 2000 but the first Cup triumph since 1994's Autoglass Trophy.
Four Swansea-born men were named among the Football League's 100 legends, to mark the 100th season of League football in 1998.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea_City_F.C.   (932 words)

  
 spiked-life Column Offside
In November 1998 Cyril danced onto the pitch to celebrate a Swansea goal against Millwall, and wrapped a wing around the goal-scorer.
But Swansea felt obliged to issue a statement defending Cyril, in the face of media criticism that he had enraged Millwall fans.
When it comes to disciplinary problems, Cyril the Swan is the Vinnie Jones of mascots.
http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000054C7.htm   (561 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London
A dismal first half had seen most of the entertainment come from Swansea mascot Cyril the Swan, who paraded around the ground.
Cyril provided more goalmouth action during the interval than either side had mustered up during the first 45 minutes.
But the Swans were rewarded for their efforts when Stuart Roberts beat Matthew Lockwood before delivering a spiteful cross.
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/misc/print.php?artid=74287   (602 words)

  
 Well it had to end sooner or later,
The FA Cup run certainly catapulted the club into the national papers with the tabloids taking particular interest in Cyril the Swan.
Millwall, Stoke, West Ham and then Derby, all teams from a higher division, yet looking at the performances of the Swans in each game, you'd be hard pushed to say who was the Third Division team.
Call us kill-joys but we'd rather have seen the players featured or the passionate North Bank supporters getting credit rather than Cyril.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~geraint/11ed.htm   (494 words)

  
 Swans snatch the spoils in thriller cheltenhamtown.tk - Unofficial Cheltenham News and Views
The referee got his red card out as early as the 4th minute when he sent Cyril the Swan to the stand for entering the field of play, he was punished again later in the half time interval when a young fan blasted the ball at his head!
The next corner after Cyril's sending off saw a scramble leading to John Brough driving the ball home but it was ruled out for offside, who was supposed to be off side I do not know!
Jamie Victory - who continues to under perform - made a poor clearance that let Swansea striker James Thomas in but his shot was blocked by the diving Steve Book.
http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s142/st31046   (908 words)

  
 My Life: The Sitcom
Case in point: Cyril the Swan, an ill-tempered nine-foot tall bird, recently brawled with rival mascot Zampa the Lion.
Cyril ripped the lion’s head off, and punted it into the grandstands.
And I need to mention another Euro-mascot named Robby the Bobby (taken after a giant stuffed 19th century policeman) who was ejected from a contest after “mooning” the opposing crowd.
http://www.chaddwheat.net/2003_01_01_archive.html   (3402 words)

  
 Welcome to Round not Oval
To their everlasting credit, as far as we know our friends in Swansea haven’t decided Cyril needs a significant other like a number of sad English clubs.
Swansea Swans – English magazines love Cyril the Swan because he beats up other mascots.
So credit to Dallas for making lazy sportswriter jobs just a little lazier, and I’m sure the letters of apology to your fans and players were sent out long ago.
http://www.ussoccerplayers.com/rno/four042003.html   (1256 words)

  
 Trump Retaliates for Dead Swan
The swan was one of four given Trump by a friend.
Guest Cyril Wagner told investigators he killed the 50-pound bird in self-defense with one swing.
One club member said the swan had exhibited aggressive behavior in the past.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010115/aponline144958_000.htm   (155 words)

  
 CPFC BBS - Lion Beaten up!
I'd just like to thank the Swansea Mascot, Cyril the Swan!
If anyone saw the Swansea v Millwall game, they would of seen the mascots fighting!
Cyril then started beating up the Millwall Lion!
http://www.cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6741   (82 words)

  
 Swansea City FC - Discussion Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Swansea City Football Club - Also known as "The Swans" - founded in 1912 as a professional team, and in possession of the Cyril the Swan, a very high profile and crazy mascot who thinks nothing of absailing down from the floodlights before games, and upsetting the away supporters.
The Swans haven't looked to impressive of late, and having been at the Vetch to see them lose to lowly Oxford I have to say it is very dissapointing of a side that has the quality that Swansea posess.
It was a warming feeling to hear most of the die hard Northbank clap Oxfords first goal, but it doesn't hide the fact the Swans have slipped a lot lately.
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/discussion/swansea-city-fc   (286 words)

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