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Deadspin found this 5/1/2007 on news.yahoo.com [flag]
> LONDON (Reuters) - Reading mascot Kingsley -- a giant lion who wears the club's blue and white hooped shirt -- was sent off by the referee in their Premier League match against Newcastle United on Monday because he was confusing him. " I can see where the referee was getting confused, you know he does look like so many of my players, " manager Steve Coppell told Sky Sports with a ... [link]

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Referees: Officiating Roundup: Kingsley Gets A Red Card
Published 5/1/2007 at Deadspin
... Poor Kingsley. Even though he has the wise foresight to wear pants, the mascot was still unceremoniously tossed from the stadium on Monday during a Premiere League

Steve Coppell : Still Not Funny
Published 5/2/2007 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... From Reuters (link courtesy

Mascot Causes Trouble at Match
Published 5/2/2007 by This Suit Is Not Black at This Suit Is Not Black
... Kingsley the lion (above right), was cause for confusion at a Premiere League match between Reading and Newcastle this weekend. Kingsley is Reading's mascot and was asked to leave the game because he was wearing the same shirt as the team and a referee kept mistaking him for a player.

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