{"id":15810,"date":"2015-01-05T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=15810"},"modified":"2015-01-05T01:13:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T01:13:11","slug":"spytty-the-dog-newport-countys-strange-emo-paedobeardeputy-dawg-club-mascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/spytty-the-dog-newport-countys-strange-emo-paedobeardeputy-dawg-club-mascot\/","title":{"rendered":"Spytty the Dog, Newport County&#8217;s strange emo paedobear club mascot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-01.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During my\u00a0Christmas stay in south Wales, I took a trip to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/newport-county-sweep-aside-plymouth-argyle-on-a-dark-and-miserable-boxing-day-afternoon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Newport County FC see off Plymouth Argyll<\/a> in an entertaining Boxing Day match.<\/p>\n<p>It was great to see Newport\u00a0back in the league, playing in front of a healthy crowd\u00a0of over 5,000 people who had braved the relentless rain.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-02.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However,\u00a0I did find myself somewhat distracted\u00a0by\u00a0the strange\u00a0club mascot, known as\u00a0Spytty the Dog.<\/p>\n<p>Resembling a bizarre combination of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pedobear\" target=\"_blank\">paedobear<\/a> and Deputy Dawg, the mascot moodily shuffled around on the touchline,\u00a0occasionally sloping off into the club house like a surly teenager being sent to \u00a0bed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-03.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The person inside seemed to be fighting a losing battle with the outfit, lifting his elbows up at odd angles and constantly realigning the oversized head while trying to flick back the floppy ears.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-04.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the absolute minimum of enthusiasm, the mascot would offer a bag full of sweets to any small child that came into its vision, immediately drawing unwelcome comparisons with a half man\/half dog sex offender.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-06.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Elbows up, Spytty attempts to pull sweets out of the\u00a0plastic bag, inadvertently recreating the classic paedobear pose.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/spytty-the-dog-newport-countys-strange-emo-paedobeardeputy-dawg-club-mascot\/spytty-the-dog-newport-13\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/spytty-the-dog-newport-13.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spytty the Dog, Newport County&amp;#8217;s strange emo paedobear club mascot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/spytty-the-dog-newport-13.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/spytty-the-dog-newport-13.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, Newport County's strange emo paedobear club mascot\" width=\"620\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/spytty-the-dog-newport-13.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/spytty-the-dog-newport-13-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-07.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, negotiating sweets out of the bag would take some time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-08.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure what he&#8217;s doing here, but he did it for some time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-09.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spytty holds a handful of candy aloft.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-10.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spytty slinks off again.\u00a0The Plymouth fans look on unimpressed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-11.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A rare animated moment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-12.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Final whistle sees Spytty lurking on the touchline, seemingly unmoved by the fact that his team have just won 2-0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/spytty-the-dog-newport-05.jpg\" alt=\"Spytty the Dog, the strange emo paedobear\/Deputy Dawg hybrid club mascot of Newport County FC\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Head down and ears flapping disconsolately, Spytty leaves the stadium, perhaps\u00a0heading home to play My Chemical Romance or consult some &#8216;specialist&#8217; websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During my\u00a0Christmas stay in south Wales, I took a trip to see Newport County FC see off Plymouth Argyll in an entertaining Boxing Day match. 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