Bulldog’s iconic supporter Irene writes weekly letters to team

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Coach Luke Beveridge says Irene Chatfield’s letters have been a source of inspiration for the Bulldogs. She was one of the faces of a 1989 campaign to save the club from a controversial merger with Fitzroy. Video via AAP

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00:00There's about a 30-minute video that I had a look at yesterday which has got three of our

00:07case study fan base. Nana Shaz is part of our cheer squad but Irene Chatfield's in that video

00:16and when you think of her place in our history and I said to the players this morning we wouldn't be

00:22here if it wasn't for Irene. Irene writes me a letter every week and she expects that I read

00:27that out to the playing group. But this morning I read her letter out it was it was magnificent

00:33and it was quite beautiful her words quite quirky and so we soaked that up a little bit

00:42just to pay tribute to Irene as much as anything.

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