TOWN chairman Andrew Fitton believes his side’s never-say-die attitude stems from manager Danny Wilson’s desire to go toe to toe with the best in the business.

Despite all the odds being stacked against them on Monday night, Swindon somehow progressed through their League One play-off semi-final second leg at Charlton following a dramatic penalty shootout.

And in Fitton’s eyes, their Wembley-bound squad epitomise everything good about their boss.

“The boys just don’t give up and don’t know when to give up,” he told the Advertiser.

“Their work rate against all the adversity we suffered at Charlton was phenomenal. I would love to see all the stats from the game as Charlie Austin must have covered 15 miles.

“When we played Fulham in the FA Cup they brought up all their ProZone stats and told us that Simon Ferry had covered more ground than any other player.

“That’s what this team is all about, and we are proud that as well as clearly being a very fit side, they have that desire to put in that amount of work.

“That sort of attitude comes from a number of areas, but obviously the manager is like that.

“And he loves nights like that (at The Valley). When you are a good manager or player you want to pit yourself against the best.

“Danny has also helped create a great dressing room. People talk about that a lot of the time, but it is honestly a really important thing.

“He has moulded a squad which has gelled together and really will fight for each other.”

Fitton was expecting to travel to the New Den last night to take in the second leg semi-final between Millwall and Huddersfield, from which Town would face the winner in the final at Wembley on Saturday, May 29.

And the chairman revealed he has received congratulatory messages from people at all levels of the sport.

“It was an exciting night and we’ve already had a lot of congratulations from many people in football,” said Fitton.

“I have received plenty of phone calls. There are people in football you get along with and who are friendly towards the club - other chairmen, directors, managers and coaches.

“I don’t want to name names, but they have been on the phone already and including some from big clubs.”