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Andrew Fitton is a Telecoms specialist. He works currently for Transcomm plc. as chief executive.

However he is most noted for, his relitavely recent purchase of Swindon Town F.C. in early 2008. Having worked with Mobitex and united wireless holdings. In 2007, after the deal looked like it was about to fall through and while the club looked likely to fall into administration. He bought the club with a consortium of others for an undisclosed fee from Sir Seton Wills, James Wills and Mike Diamandis. The club at this point was in £4 million of debt but he paid to have the debt cleared, hence removing the transfer embargo and lifting the club out of administration.

He at first appointed the manager Maurice Malpas but fired him in 2008 after the club was in risk of relegation. He then appointed Danny Wilson (Northern Irish footballer) as manager and he is still with the club to this day.

Fitton is currently working on expanding the County Ground, Swindon to a 19,000 seater stadium. He is held in high regards by fans for saving the club but is known to not spend much money on transfers due to his efforts to keep the club financially viable and has also been criticised at points for being a sore loser, after blaming the Wembley Stadium pitch for the 1-0 play-off loss to Milwall FC in 2010. He recently (in 2011) during the Annual General Meeting released a statement, showing that they were the only profitable League 1 club.

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 He at first appointed the manager [[Maurice Malpas]] but fired him in 2008 after the club was in risk of relegation. He then appointed [[Danny Wilson (Northern Irish footballer)]] as manager and he is still with the club to this day.
-Fitton is currently working on expanding the [[County Ground, Swindon]] to a 19,000 seater stadium. He is held in high regards by fans for saving the club but is known to not spend much money on transfers due to his efforts to keep the club financially viable and has also been criticised at points for being a sore loser, after blaming the [[Wembley Stadium]] pitch for the 1-0 play-off loss to [[Milwall FC]] in 2010. He recently (in 2011) during the Annual General Meeting released a statement, showing that they were the only profitable league 1 club.
+Fitton is currently working on expanding the [[County Ground, Swindon]] to a 19,000 seater stadium. He is held in high regards by fans for saving the club but is known to not spend much money on transfers due to his efforts to keep the club financially viable and has also been criticised at points for being a sore loser, after blaming the [[Wembley Stadium]] pitch for the 1-0 play-off loss to [[Milwall FC]] in 2010. He recently (in 2011) during the Annual General Meeting released a statement, showing that they were the only profitable [[League 1]] club.
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