JAY McEveley is hoping his loan spell at the County Ground will soon bring him the first ever league-winners medal of his career.

The Barnsley loanee won promotion to the Premier League with Derby in the Championship play-off final at Wembley in 2007, but has never won a league crown in a career which has also seen him capped three times for Scotland.

If he realises that dream at Swindon in the next month the club will be given 18 winners’ medals for players and five for Paolo Di Canio and his backroom staff, although they will be able to request more from the Football League.

The fact Town have used a high number of players this season may mean McEveley misses out, but the defender’s sole focus is on making sure Town cross the line.

“I have won promotion before but I have never won a title, so that would be nice,” he said. “I don’t know if I qualify for it or not, but even if I don’t get a medal I want to play my part and be part of the squad, and that is good enough for me as long as I can do my bit.

“But that is our job, and we are not looking over our shoulder, we just want to keep on getting three points and I am sure we will be alright.”

While many Town minds are focused on securing the title, the immediate concern for McEveley is securing the three points from Saturday’s home game with Plymouth which could be enough to secure an instant return to League One.

“It is getting closer and closer now,” he said. “The games are running down and our points are going up, so you have to say we are in a good position.

“We have been on a nice little run since we lost at Wembley in the JPT final, so we need to really try and keep that going.

“All of our minds are on Saturday now, and we want to pick up another win to take us one step closer.”

Since making his Town debut at Wembley in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final defeat to Chesterfield last month, McEveley has gone on to play his part in four straight clean sheets in League Two.

The 27-year-old is pleased with the way he has settled into life in Swindon, and is looking to keep the good run of clean sheets going.

“The manager works on things in training and tells us where he wants us to be, and that is showing itself at the moment,” he said.

“When one of us does make a mistake there is always someone there to mop up, and that has been working well for us in the last few games.”