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Doncaster Rovers mascot sacked for underwear pose | Doncaster Rovers mascot sacked for underwear pose |
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A woman who parades as the mascot Donny Dog at Doncaster Rovers has been sacked after posing in her underwear with the costume in a national newspaper. | A woman who parades as the mascot Donny Dog at Doncaster Rovers has been sacked after posing in her underwear with the costume in a national newspaper. |
Tracy Chandler, 40, said she received an email dismissal from the unpaid job after she appeared in the Sunday Sport in return for a donation to a children's charity. | |
She is urging fans to write to the club in an effort to get her role back. | She is urging fans to write to the club in an effort to get her role back. |
Doncaster Rovers have refused to comment. | Doncaster Rovers have refused to comment. |
Ms Chandler said: "The photos were tongue-in-cheek and not seedy." | Ms Chandler said: "The photos were tongue-in-cheek and not seedy." |
Although there had been no written contract with the club, she had been working as a mascot for over three years, she added. | Although there had been no written contract with the club, she had been working as a mascot for over three years, she added. |
"I did not tell the club I was going to do the photo as it all happened very quickly. | "I did not tell the club I was going to do the photo as it all happened very quickly. |
"I have put blood, sweat and tears into being Donny Dog and doing the charity work, and this is how they treat me." | "I have put blood, sweat and tears into being Donny Dog and doing the charity work, and this is how they treat me." |
Ms Chandler, who claims she is the only woman mascot in the country, was approached to pose for the photos after an article about her appeared in another newspaper. |
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