DONNY THE DOG; EXPOSED?

On 9 June 2011, Doncaster Rovers reinstated their "Donny the Dog" mascot after firing her one day previously for participating in a lingerie photo shoot!!

Tracy Chandler, an unpaid volunteer, had worn the mascot suit for Doncaster for over three years before agreeing to the shoot in exchange for a donation to a children's charity. The photos, which appeared in Sunday Sport, showed Ms. Chandler in lingerie alongside the dog costume. She described the pictures as "tongue-in-cheek and not seedy."

She had not got permission from the club but when they learned about the photos, they sacked her by email on 8 June. 

Ms Chandler told BBC Five Live: "I'm absolutely devastated. I've not stopped crying all morning. It just said that they didn't need my services any more and that I'd disgraced the club."But after word of the "firing" got out, Doncaster quickly reinstated her, with club chairman John Ryan saying "we were just a bit concerned about the sexualisation of young children, it's a tricky area these days, we're putting it right, maybe it was a mistake."

Ms. Chandler was happy to reclaim the suit, calling the club's reversal "better than winning the lottery."