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Karen Cronin was on a camping trip watching an AFL match with her son, Jacob Cozens, when she had an idea that would transform his life.
She saw a group of young men socialising, and wished her son was having the same experience.
"My heart broke a little bit for him," she said.
"He shouldn't have been sitting there with us … we believe he needed to be social with other people."
The 28-year-old Albury man lives with autism, schizophrenia, and intellectual disability — and supports almost every AFL team.
"Fifteen AFL men's teams," Mr Cozens confirmed.
He is known to wear merchandise from multiple clubs at once, and dreams of visiting every AFL football ground.
Ms Cronin realised that passion could be a window to a new social network: an AFL fan club.
"Growing up with Jacob, we often