Cool Kit for Hot Footballers

Strathclyde has the best Fire and Rescue football team in the UK - and now it has the kit to match, courtesy of Glasgow-based Greaves Sports.

Our team's dazzling performances have been good enough to win the British Fire Service Trophy for the last two years but the players' kit has taken  as big a pounding as their opponents' goals.

Travel costs to away games eat up large amounts of money. Recently the team had to travel to Belfast where they beat the home team 7-2, and to Edinburgh where they defeated Fife Fire & Rescue Service 5-0. This has left little spare cash to replace kit that is destined for the relegation zone.

An appeal for free football kit was answered by Greaves Sports. Today the company's director of communications, Stephen McCranor, gave each team member a home and away strip and a polo shirt. In addition, Chief Officer Brian Sweeney presented each player with a track suit, purchased with money raised at Strathclyde Fire & Rescue's St Andrew's charity ball.

Mr McCranor, on the right of the picture with Mr Sweeney and team members, said: "We are delighted to support Strathclyde Fire & Rescue and show our appreciation for the excellent work they do all year round. Their football team is clearly pretty good as well and Greaves Sports is proud to sponsor the current British Fire Service Champions."

Mr Sweeney thanked Greaves for their generosity and said: "The new strips look really good and our champion players will wear them with pride."