by Joe McHugh Loan Celt Simon Ferry is loving every minute of life at Swindon Town as he catches up on three injury hit seasons.The energetic midfielder has no interest in squad rotation or being used sparingly as he clocks up the games to get his career back on track.
Ferry signed a new two year contract with Celtic before moving on-loan to Swindon with both clubs about to seal the formalities to extend the loan deal through to the end of the season with Ferry hoping to help Swindon's Scot's colony to promotion into the Championship.
He said: “I'm loving the chance to play every week, coming to Swindon has been a great move for me.
“Swindon are a good team, we're playing well and I can't ask for any more. I've not been injured once since I came down and that stuff is all in the past.
“I've played every minute of the last nine games and can't get enough matches, two games a week, playing Saturday and Tuesday suits me perfectly.
“We're in the middle of a spell of five games in 14 days which is mad but I'd rather have that than training every day.
“I've missed a lot of my career and want to get involved in as many games as possible.
REGULARLY
“I came down here to play in games, now that I'm playing regularly I don't ever want to go back to not playing again.”
He added: “Since day one I've enjoyed it and felt at home with Swindon. The manager and players have been great, I'm enjoying the teams that we're playing against and visiting good stadiums.
“There's been nothing that I haven't enjoyed, the move was exactly what I was needing.
“Before I moved all that I knew about Swindon was that they had spend one season in the Premiership. As soon as the move was mentioned I spoke to Scotty (Cuthbert) and he couldn't speak highly enough about the club so there was no hesitation about coming down.”
Manager Danny Wilson clearly rates Scottish players with Ferry joining summer signing Cuthbert with former Celt Jon-Paul McGovern, Craig Easton and Gordon Greer also at the Wiltshire club.
A win tonight away to struggling Stockport would put Swindon into the play-off places with Ferry looking for success rather than just game time from his loan deal.
The midfielder was an integral part of the Celtic's 2006 double winning youth side and scored the goal that won the last ever reserve title at Ibrox last season (see picture above) to clinch the eighth title in a row for the reserve side.
The 21-year-old from Dundee loves the cut and thrust of scrapping in the centre of the park and has his sights set on helping Swindon into the Championship.
PLAY-OFFS
He added: “We're definately looking to get into the play-offs, last week we beat Huddesfield 2-1 and they were in third place so there's no reason why we can't get into the play-off's or go even further.
“Our game against Leeds was postponed due to international commitments but that's been rearranged for January and is one to look forward to.
“Before that we're at Fulham in the FA Cup and that's going to be a great day for the club.
“In the last round we had a tough game at Wrexham, getting through that was great then we got the prize of being away to a Premiership side in the next round.
“We've had two very hard games against non-league sides to get this far but now we'll be the underdogs at Fulham.
“There'll be nothing to lose for us at Fulham, we'll go there and play some good football and see what happens.”
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