SWINDON Town goalkeeper Will Henry says he is “fighting every day” to become the club’s number one but any talks of him taking over from Lawrence Vigouroux in the summer are premature.

With rumours rife that Town’s current regular between the sticks, Vigouroux, could depart the club in the summer after enjoying a stellar season, many are already looking to his successor.

But Henry, who only made his professional debut for the club last April before signing a two-year contract last summer, is only concentrating on his personal development and learning from the former Liverpool shot-stopper.

“I’ve had a handful of games in the first team and it is really looking onto next season now and carrying on my development,” said the 18-year-old.

“I only really deal with the facts and the fact is Lawrence is still here.

“I am fighting every day to be the number one, I would be stupid not to but the fact is Lawrence is still here.

“The only time I would start thinking about (a more prominent role) is if he does go, which is obviously up in the air because nobody knows what the future holds.

“He has been at Liverpool and Tottenham and to take his experiences and to use them is only going to benefit me going forward.”

Henry burst onto the scene with his heroic display on debut away against Rochdale before subsequently following that up with another stellar showing against Shrewsbury on the final day of last season.

However, his last outing, the 4-2 defeat to Sheffield United, was marred by his error for the Blades’ third goal on the night and Henry admits he is on a steep learning curve at present.

“Mistakes are mistakes and they are going to happen,” he added.

“Someone of my age, to play in goal against Sheffield United, who are a Championship side, is a massive experience to take forward and I can only learn from that.

“Hopefully in the future, I can use that mistake to be successful.

“Over the course of my career, I know I am only 18, I have made a lot of mistakes and that is what has made me the keeper I am today.

“At a younger age, I used to react to mistakes quite poorly and used to make a mistake after that.

“I am maturing and being around men’s football and first team football, you can’t afford to do that and that is a massive point I can take from Sheffield because after the mistake I thought I was consistent.”