HAS the secret of Dave Flitcroft's success at top-of-the-table Swindon Town been revealed.

A list of club fines, purportedly on display at the club's training ground at Beversbrook in Wiltshire, has been published by Daily Mail Online.

It is probably little different than the fines' list imposed at many a lower league club, which are often pooled for the team's end-of-season party.

Swindon Town's celebrations might be more elaborate than most if players fall foul of Flitcroft's regime.

For example, losing the GPS unit which monitors how many kilometres a player covers in training or during a match, will set the miscreant back £2,500.

At the other end of the scale, if you are caught peeing in the shower it's a tenner, and failure to acknowledge your birthday by bringing in cakes for your team-mates will set you back £20.

The list appears to be having a good bonding effect on the side in the early weeks of Flitcroft's tenure as Swindon manager as they went top of League Two after just three games with their 1-0 win over Morecambe on Saturday.

FULL LIST OF SWINDON TOWN FINES

Late for match report: £250
Late for coach report: £250
Late for report/training/gym/pre-activation: £20
Late for meetings/videos: £20 + £5 per minute
Late for a pre-match meal: £50
Late for injury assessment/not turning up: £25/£50
Not having lunch with team after training: £20
Refusing to eat lunch/pre-match: £50
No flip flops in shower: £10
Urinating in shower: £10
Not having an ice bath after training/game: £20
Leaving training kit on pitch: £10 per item
Losing water bottle: £10
Losing GPS unit: £2,500
GPS non-read: £50 training/£100 game
Phones going off in team meetings: £50
Phones in treatment room: £10
Phones in gym area: £25
Losing physio equipment: Replace
Dirty boots for matches: £50
Failure to attend community appearance: 1st offence 50 per cent, 2nd offence 75 per cent, 100 per cent
Not reporting an injury: £100
Not reporting an injury and unable to train next session: Subject to staff
Not wearing the correct attire (matchday/trips): £50
Not attending a team night out: £250
Not singing on initiation: £100
No birthday cakes: £20 + cakes next day
Failure to return physio equipment when asked (24 hours' notice): £20 + £5 each day
Asking for strappings etc once pre-activation has started: £20
Not attending media duty in correct club attire: £20
Failure to attend specialist/scan appointment: £100