Football fans are in awe of West Bromwich Albion's new talismanic mascot, a combi boiler.

Boiler Man, aka Colin the Combi, sent fans wild when he appeared at West Brom's Championship game against Bolton yesterday.

The Baggies lost 2-1 but fans were distracted and left "lost for words" at the sight of a grown man dressed as a boiler wearing a baseball cap.

Jack Corcoran wrote online: "The only positive thing about today's match was that we now have the best mascot in the league."

Elliot Hackney wrote: "Just had my weekend made finding out West Brom’s new mascot is Boiler Man."

Ste Hoare posted: "West Brom having a Boiler as a mascot is the highlight of the year. Might as well jib the entire season off, nothing is going to top that. "

Boiler man delighted fans by waddling up and down the touchline during yesterday's game, shaking his rear towards Bolton fans.

Boiler man is already being embraced by fans as a "national icon."

Sky Sports pundits were overheard after the game saying: "West Brom may have been beaten but they have certainly caused a stir in the ground, on social media, about their new mascot,

"That is their new mascot ladies and gentlemen. That's a mascot. It's a boiler. That's as a result of a new sponsorship deal. What do you think of that? They've got a boiler as a mascot. A boiler. A boiler John."

West Brom recently unveiled their new sponsor Ideal Boilers under a two-year deal.