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The beginning of the League Two season is still seven weeks away, but the odds have already been set for who could be going up and going down, with Swindon being seen as a side who could challenge, based on their odds.

Swindon were set at 16/1 by Betfair, the same as Shrewsbury Town, Barnet, Crawley Town, and Grimsby Town, but behind the current favourites Milton Keynes Dons and Chesterfield at 8/1, with Notts County, Bristol Rovers, Salford City, Gillingham, Walsall, Colchester United, and Cambridge United all being favoured above them as well.

Although many teams have shorter odds than them, Oddschecker revealed that 25 per cent of all bets on the League Two winner have been placed on Ian Holloway’s side so far.

Swindon have not been shying away from any expectations this summer, with Tom Nichols, James Ball, Connor Ripley, and Filozofe Mabete all mentioning that the target for the team this season will be to win promotion.

That aim has been clear from Holloway all along, who even said that not winning promotion last year was a “failure”, but is set on going for it again and will not be accepting any less.

He said: “My problem is getting a team that is good enough to get up from this division and into a higher one.

“If we had had another ten games [last season] then I would have fancied our chances, but unfortunately we didn’t, so we need a fresh start.

mean a fresh start, and I hope that I have done enough to make people believe that I might be able to get a good team here next year as well and the year after that and after that.

“This is about me selling them the dream [to players] of how they will feel this time next year when we get promoted, and then how you will feel when we are aiming to go from that division to the next one.

“That is the mentality that I am looking for and the reality that I want, and I won’t put up with things unless we do that.

“That is pressure on myself, but you have to have standards, and you have to have people who want to be the best people