The team's kit, which was worth thousands of pounds, was destroyed by mice over winter.
An American football team has raised thousands of pounds through an online fundraiser to replace kit that was destroyed by mice.Head coach Vanden Warner said donations worth £8,000 had allowed the team to buy a replacement kit.
The players celebrated the arrival of their new attire by beating Shropshire Revolution 35-7 at the weekend."We started the season with what we could cobble together - some of the players brought their own jerseys," he said.He said it had been fantastic to see the players play their first match in the replacement kit."I think the guys were excited to get it and wanted to put on a performance to christen it with a victory.
Mr Warner added: "We will be taking precautions with our storage in the future - we won't be storing things in boxes on the ground again." The team are in NFC 1 South of the British American Football Association and want to push for promotion this season.
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