HAVING won promotion to the Premier League twice, new Swindon Town midfielder Matt Taylor is hoping to add another glittering accolade to his footballing CV.

The 35-year-old joined the County Ground outfit at the start of the week from Northampton Town on a free transfer and will be hoping to make his debut in this afternoon’s home clash with Crawley Town.

And the former Bolton Wanderers and Burnley man, who went up from the Championship with Portsmouth in 2003 and West Ham United in 2012, only has one thing on his mind.

“I have been fortunate in my career to be part of a number of promotions – I’d like to add another one this season” Taylor told the Advertiser.

“The manager (David Flitcroft) didn’t need to sell the club. It was just his belief in his core values and the players he has assembled that excited me - even at my age.

“I’m really relishing the opportunity of trying to get Swindon Town back into League One, that was the main thing for me.

“In a lot of ways, I’m still like a kid, I love playing football, I really do. To play football and be successful is the best feeling in the world - regardless of what level you play at.”

Having grown up just down the road in Abingdon and living between Swindon and Oxford, Taylor, who has spent 11 seasons of his 18-year career in the Premier League, says that he has been impressed with what he has seen so far.

“There is a great hunger and desire to be successful this season – you can see that,” he said.

“It is very professional, they take their work very seriously, but also there are some really nice guys, they are very honest.

“Although I don’t have a crystal ball and I can’t tell you where we will finish, I firmly believe, having spent the week training with the lads, that we won’t be hugely far away this year.”

With Swindon currently sitting at the top of League Two, Taylor feels that the current squad at the County Ground will have what it takes to deal with the tough times.

“All the boys in the dressing room, from what I have seen, are very together and it is a happy and harmonious place,” the former England U21 international said.

“There will be bumps along the way – there is in every season at every football club, but it is how we manage ourselves within those difficult periods.

“I have never played for a team, even the ones that have won championships and cups, where there haven’t been any tough periods in a season.

“But it is how you turn things back to going you way and from the attitude of the players that I have seen so far, I have been very impressed.”