A FAIFLEY football team has expressed relief after the community pitched in to replace its kit lost in a fire.

Goldenhill Amateurs lost all of their strips and some training jackets in a laundrette fire in late January.

And after the team’s coach Stevie Dock had contacted Waschehaus on Duntocher Road without response, he faced the daunting prospect of raising £600 to replace the strips.

Following an appeal made by the Clydebank Post, local businesses and football clubs came forward to help the cause.

The Village Tavern contributed £400, while a promotion run by Dumbarton Road restaurant Mexita raised £204 and a £50 donation from Kilbowie Union Under-13s completed the drive.

Meanwhile, ATT Builders is also looking to help out with replacing the team’s tracksuits.

Stevie, 47, credited the community for coming together to support a local team and spoke of his gratitude.

He said: “That gets us our strips. It’s very hard to get anything nowadays. Everyone is in the same boat. If anyone gets sponsorship, it’s mainly the kids because normally they’re the priority, which is fair enough.

“Fair play to the community and the Clydebank Post, it’s a big relief. We’ve borrowed a set of strips just now. We’ve been given them until the end of the season from a boy’s club but we will get those back once we are sorted. I’m going to get these strips sorted straight away.

“In a way I’m surprised because we’re an adult’s team but usually the Clydebank community is pretty decent. I thought we might get something but not as quickly as that.

“I didn’t think we would get £600, maybe £300, so it’s been great.”

Craig Lyle, another of the team’s coaches, told the Post at the cheque handover: “It’s been pretty good because this guy here is contributing money to the strips.

“We had an old kit but you can’t get through the season with one kit so it’s good that we will be able to get another one organised.”

Tommy Cunningham, the owner of the Village Tavern, was more than happy to help out and said it was important for his pub to support the community.

He said: “[It’s the] local community and young guys keeping fit. [It’s a] disaster losing their kits, so we thought the best thing we could do was put money together and get them kitted up.

“Everything about the local bar is the community. It helps the team and we are more than happy to do that.”