Article: Bluebird ends up in doghouse; MASCOTS: Cardiff City Barclay's scrap with Robby the Bobby livens up fans but stewards call foul.(News)

Byline: PATRICK FLETCHER

IT'S not often that you can plant a fist on a policeman and get away with it.

Then again, it cannot be often that the one doing the punching is a bluebird.

Barclay the Bluebird, Cardiff City Football Club's touchline mascot, was in the doghouse yesterday after a scrap that ended in a melee of stewards and real police officers right in front of City fans.

The goal-line incident at Bury in Lancashire on Wednesday night came as Cardiff were sliding to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the team at the bottom of the Second ...

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