SO, after several months of scrambling around in the lower reaches of the division, it’s finally happened... we’re down into League Two.

The grim reality of relegation sinks in.

Lee Power insists he is staying around, so let’s control the controllables, try to buy the County Ground and work to bring about positive change.

As Tony Incenzo, the talkSPORT broadcaster, said on Twitter recently: “The real owners of football clubs are fans who have supported their clubs down through generation after generation.”

Last month, at our AGM, we examined five key challenges that Town currently faces. We asked for the club, the supporters, the media and the local council to align and move forwards as a group.

“Let’s Work Together!” was the rallying cry.

We started to see results quite quickly afterwards - the Swindon Advertiser worked fantastically well with Town press officer Andrew Steele-Davis and made a real go of getting a buzz around the MK Dons match.

The Trust also arranged a meeting with Swindon Borough Council off the back of our £1.1m bid for the stadium on behalf of supporters. We are visiting them this week to discuss our proposal.

But it needs more from Swindon Town.

Many fans have declared that they will not be purchasing season tickets, often after decades of doing so.

The prime reason given is the lack of transparency and connection and, with the club having suffered administration and winding-up orders in the past, Lee Power’s comments on Saturday were all the more worrying: “Getting relegated has probably cost the club another million pounds.’’

We are urging the club to respond in full to the excellent set of questions posed by Adver yesterday.

If fans get answers, who knows – some might stick around.

We can also spend the summer working together on a plan to improve the County Ground atmosphere.

The club will need to recruit big in the summer – so looking at the lack of connection with fans, let’s make sure the new faces that are brought in are aware that they are part of our community.

Let’s get it built into their contracts that they are expected to attend schools and colleges to promote the club and encourage new fans. We need more fans.

On the pitch, let’s change things. Since 2013, the club has finished sixth, eighth, fourth, 15th and have now been relegated in 22nd position, which indicates the model is just not working.

We don’t want to be the next Leyton Orient, and it’s not too late for the club to do a complete about turn and make this the most fan-engaged club in the country.

In these troubled times, it’s in the interest of both Swindon Town FC and all Swindon Town fans to make the effort to find a positive way forwards.

Let’s look towards a brighter future. 

Let's Work Together!