By JACK THOMSON

A FOOTBALL team is demanding answers after losing their kit in a laundrette blaze.

The fire took hold of Waschehaus on Duntocher Road in Clydebank on January 23 and, three weeks on, customers are still waiting to hear whether their laundry will be returned.

Stevie Knox, coach of Goldenhill Amateurs, has tried to contact the owner of the laundrette several times but has had no response.

He said the team now face forking out £700 to replace the strips and training gear if they don’t get it back.

Stevie, 47, told our sister title the Clydebank Post: “We lost our strips and brand new keeper kit, along with some sub jackets. We are looking for answers.

“I have phoned numerous times. I’ve been down to the shop and put down a note on the door. I have

e-mailed but nothing’s come back.

“I’ve priced new kits and I’m trying local businesses, and it’s going to cost us about £700.”

It has meant the team have been forced to borrow kit from Goldenhill’s under-19 team just to be able to fulfil their fixtures.

Scott Rennie, the team’s goalkeeper, is now without three of his

strips and the 25-year-old voiced his frustration.

“We’ve had to borrow kits off the under-19s and they’re all too small,” he said. “We’re all big boys and a lot of the under-19s are 17-year-olds. It’s just a bit of a bummer.

“It’s a lot of money to get strips. It’s getting that money together to do it. The time you’ve paid facility fees to train and costs on a Saturday, like paying the referees, it’s a lot of money.”

Those at Goldenhill Amateurs are not the only people who have been left in the lurch .

Lyndsay Reid, a 30-year-old single mum from Old Kilpatrick, relied on the service because of her disability. She said: “There’s a contact form and there’s been kickbacks saying your e-mail can’t be sent.

“I had three bags and bedding in there, so quite a lot of stuff.

“It’s mostly people’s Christmas stuff. Nobody has been able to contact them.

“I survive on benefits. It’s not like I can afford to lose all those clothes.

“It was my wee boy’s uniform and all the stuff you get him at Christmas.

“I tried to give them leeway because they would be trying to clean the place but more and more people are getting annoyed because they haven’t heard anything.

“Nobody phoned me to say there had been a fire.”

Waschehaus has been contacted for comment several times but we have failed to receive a response.