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On Saturday, Kennedy selected an XI with 519 league appearances at League Two or above (including George Cox’s 131 in the Eredivisie). Ollie Clarke, Grant Hall and Ryan Delaney have a combined 754. So, here’s the thing. Are we now saying experience isn’t quite as important?

INTERVIEW: Di Michele spent 11 months at the County Ground on staff. Here, he reflects on the challenges of the role, the difficulties of managing a modest playing budget in League Two, and where things went wrong.

Clem Morfuni and Fitton had another, private meeting on Tuesday (September 10), prior to the majority shareholder’s return to Australia. While nothing has been ruled out as yet by either party, there will be little progress for two months.

Clem Morfuni has confirmed to The Moonraker that, as a result of a late injection of extra capital into the coffers in the final two weeks of the transfer window, the 2024/25 pot is now larger than any of the previous three.

Fitton has been a guest of the club at each of Swindon’s two home games so far this season – against Walsall and Notts County – and has had meetings with majority shareholder Morfuni and chief executive Anthony Hall.

SWINDON TOWN v NOTTS COUNTY: The Moonraker understands the playing budget received a considerable bump (in proportion to where it previously sat) during late-August, which facilitated permanent moves for Gavin Kilkenny, George Cox and Danny Butterworth; deals which otherwise would surely have fallen outside of the club's spending power.

Johnson has not featured for Town during the short reign of Mark Kennedy, and The Moonraker reported on Thursday (August 29) that the club were happy to see him depart as part of his development.

Kilkenny joins on a two-year contract in perhaps Swindon's most intriguing business of the window to date. The 24-year-old, typically more of a sitting midfielder than an advanced eight, has previously shown plenty of promise at Championship level.