--- title: Partick Thistle Mascot 'Kingsley' By David Shrigley Is Terrifying description: The Scottish soccer team Partick Thistle has a new mascot, and it's caused quite a stir on social media canonical: https://time.com/3930288/partick-thistle-mascot/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-22T15:43:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:21:20.045Z og:title: This Soccer Mascot Will Haunt Your Every Waking Moment og:description: Meet "Kingsley" og:url: https://time.com/3930288/partick-thistle-mascot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltede3b4fc6c6b8cda/69885598428a9e5bb6ccdd53/partick3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kingsley og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Soccer Mascot Will Haunt Your Every Waking Moment twitter:description: Meet "Kingsley" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltede3b4fc6c6b8cda/69885598428a9e5bb6ccdd53/partick3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Soccer Team's New Mascot Will Haunt Your Every Waking Moment by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jun 22, 2015 3:43 PM UTC  22/06/15.. MARYHILL - GLASGOW. Partick Thistle new sponsor. SCOTTISH ARTIST PAINTS PERFECT PICTURE FOR CALIFORNIAN HEDGE FUND IN SIX FIGURE SPONSORSHIP DEAL AT FIRHILL. Mike Wilkins from Kingsford capital management. with David Shrigley Turner prize nominee 22/06/15.. MARYHILL - GLASGOW. Partick Thistle new sponsor. SCOTTISH ARTIST PAINTS PERFECT PICTURE FOR CALIFORNIAN HEDGE FUND IN SIX FIGURE SPONSORSHIP DEAL AT FIRHILL. Mike Wilkins from Kingsford capital management. with David Shrigley Turner prize nomineeJeff Holmes — Partick Thistle Football Club by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jun 22, 2015 3:43 PM UTC The Scottish soccer team Partick Thistle [has a new mascot](http://ptfc.co.uk/news/2015-2016/june%5F2015/kingsford%5Fcapital%5Fmanagement%5Fto%5Fbe%5Fjags%5Fnew%5Ftitle%5Fsponsor), and it’s caused quite a stir on social media. The new mascot was designed by artist David Shrigley and was unveiled Monday after the Scottish team signed a new [six-figure sponsorship](http://ptfc.co.uk/news/2015-2016/june%5F2015/kingsford%5Fcapital%5Fmanagement%5Fto%5Fbe%5Fjags%5Fnew%5Ftitle%5Fsponsor) deal with the California-based company Kingsford Capital Management. The mascot is named Kingsley, and it’s pretty unclear what exactly Kingsley is. It’s been described by some as [“absolutely terrifying](http://www.espnfc.com/blog/the-toe-poke/65/post/2500932/partick-thistle-unveil-terrifying-new-club-mascot).” > [](https://twitter.com/ThistleTweet/status/612966534387007488) > [](https://twitter.com/Pandamoanimum/status/613001536315215873) > [](https://twitter.com/TomChivers/status/612975810291613696) > [](https://twitter.com/ianprior/status/612973572399742976) The new deal includes front shirt sponsorship, branding around the stadium, and the selling of your soul to Kingsley the Yellow King of Carcosa. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3930288/partick-thistle-mascot/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3930288/partick-thistle-mascot/"},"headline":"This Soccer Team's New Mascot Will Haunt Your Every Waking Moment","datePublished":"2015-06-22T15:43:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:20.045Z","description":"Meet \"Kingsley\"","url":"https://time.com/3930288/partick-thistle-mascot/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Football","Bizarre","Soccer"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltede3b4fc6c6b8cda/69885598428a9e5bb6ccdd53/partick3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltede3b4fc6c6b8cda/69885598428a9e5bb6ccdd53/partick3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kingsley","caption":"Kingsley","creditText":"Jeff Holmes — Partick Thistle Football Club","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3930288/partick-thistle-mascot/","name":"This Soccer Team's New Mascot Will Haunt Your Every Waking Moment"}}]}] ```