SWINDON Town fan Floyd Chamberlain feels that he's been ripped off after football kit he saved up for was destroyed' in one wash.

The 14-year-old die-hard fan saved money from his paper round for a month to so that he could buy the £40 replica shirt from the Swindon Town shop.

But after just one wash, Floyd says that his team shirt was reduced to nothing but a red rag.

The teenager from Goddard Avenue said: "I was gutted really. I saved up the money for four weeks to get the shirt and it was wrecked almost straight away.

"I love Swindon Town. I have a season ticket and go to all the games but now I feel like I have been ripped off."

And Floyd isn't the only one as best friends Daniel Bridger, 16, and Adam Sykes, 14, have had the same problem.

Adam got the shirt and a Swindon Town season ticket six months ago as a 14th birthday present. He said; "After a few wears it obviously got dirty so I washed it and all the sponsorship logo came off it and the colour faded. It looks rubbish."

Adam's mum Louise, 46, said her son was furious that his shirt has been ruined and he felt he'd been let down.

Louise said: "He has been ripped off really. When you buy something you expect a certain degree of quality and some kind of guarantee.

"It is a lot of money to spend on a shirt, and now he doesn't even have that of course he's angry."

Floyd added: "We want replacements but are too scared to buy another three shirts in case they do exactly the same thing."

Swindon Town may face an embarrassing situation if the faulty kits are still passing through the net.

Last week the club handed over free football kits to the town's Bangladeshi Association.

The Bangladeshi Association Youth and Community Centre in Cricklade Road, Gorse Hill, is home to a youth club. The kits were donated in a bid to get more young people interested in the game.

Swindon Town spokesman Chris Tanner said: "Yes, we have experienced a few problems with a rogue batch of 400 shirts but it is something we are trying to sort out."