NEW loan signing Harry Toffolo has described Swindon Town as the ‘perfect club’ for him to cut his teeth in senior football.

The 19-year-old had only played under 21s Premier League football before joining Town at the start of last week on a month’s loan from Championship side Norwich City.

The England age group international, who was an unused substitute in the 3-2 defeat to Rochdale last Tuesday, finally got a taste of what professional football was all about when he came on for the final 30 minutes in the 2-2 draw on Saturday.

“It was big shock from the under 21s, let’s say that, (with) all the swearing on the sidelines,” the left-sided defender joked after the match.

“I’m used to the under 21s level in the Premier League so it is lot different, that is quite quick.

“This is a different tempo, it is men’s football so it is a lot more physical and it is dealing with that – that is what separates the best from the rest.”

Before coming out on loan to Swindon, Toffolo said that the Canaries boss Neil Adams gave Swindon glowing reference.

The youngster said: “Norwich have a Norwich way (of playing), they try to play out from the back.

“So this is sort of the perfect club for me and that is what Neil Adams said as well, my gaffer at Norwich said, it is the perfect club.

“(Swindon) play the same kind of football as they do at Norwich and it is a really good club.”

The teenager said that he was already getting some gentle ribbing from his Norwich team-mates about making his professional debut.

“I spoke to David Fox before (the game) and he put a little tweet out saying welcome to the real world sort of thing,” he said.

“It is men’s football and some of the boys in there (the dressing room) have got mortgages and houses.

“When you play under 21s you are pretty much playing with your mates. This is serious, you have got to get down there and work hard in matches to get the results.

“I keep going back to the under 21s, it is about one game every 12 days, this is perfect, you are playing men’s football, playing League One with a great team.

“If you are playing Saturday-Tuesday you have more opportunities to go out there and show what you can do.”