CONSORTIUM member Jeremy Wray plans to usher in the new Swindon Town era with a packed County Ground this afternoon and has warned visitors Hartlepool United: "You have no idea what you are walking into."

Wray, who is part of Andrew Fitton's multi-million pound consortium, has urged all Robins fans to flock to today's League One clash and help the team end a barren run of three successive defeats.

After announcing a conditional deal' to purchase 75 per cent of the club's shares on Thursday night, Wray is confident Town have finally turned a corner after months of misery.

He said: "I hope we have given the fans the news they wanted and we can all look forward to something very exciting.

"I feel a bit sorry for Hartlepool today because they don't know what they are walking into. Swindon Town is a great club with a fantastic fan base and we hope this is the news to get them out in their numbers."

Speaking to the Advertiser on his return from a family skiing holiday, consortium leader Fitton echoed his partner's sentiments.

Fitton said: "To the fans who have stayed away these last few weeks, it would be great to see them back on Saturday.

"They should not underestimate the effect they can have on this football club. An extra 1500 fans could make a huge difference to this club. Hopefully they will turn out in force and watch what is going to be a new chapter in the history of Swindon Town."

Around 40 Town fans gathered at the County Ground entrance on Thursday to voice their anger at the length of time the deal was taking to conclude.

Those supporters went home happy when outgoing majority shareholder James Wills personally delivered the takeover statement, but Wray insists the fans had every right to demonstrate.

He said: "I don't blame any of the fans for protesting.

"In a way it's great that some of them took the trouble to go to the club and make their feelings known.

"Fans should always say when they are happy and when they are unhappy."

And Wray reiterated an earlier pledge from Fitton that the consortium would be as open and frank with supporters as possible once the takeover is finalised on January 11.

He said: "There's no excuse for not communicating in this day and age.

"We've all got mobile phones and if there's something to say we like to get the message out there.

"Sometimes in business there is a lot of legal discussion which cannot be communicated, but we always wanted to get this deal done.

"Speculation that we didn't want to take over was well wide of the mark. I wanted to quell that by putting out a positive statement on Thursday.

"It's been a complicated process but I'm confident we are nearly there now."