LUKE Williams knows his side must follow up their 3-1 win at Coventry City if they are to lift themselves out of the relegation zone, but stopped short at calling Saturday’s success a turning point in Swindon Town’s season.

The Town head coach gathered all the players in a circle on the Ricoh Arena pitch following the final whistle to saviour the winning feeling, while a jubilant travelling support provided the back drop with chants of ‘we are staying up’.

Nicky Ajose broke the deadlock just after the half-hour mark before Jonathan Obika’s header six minutes later put Swindon in a commanding position in the proverbial six-pointer at the foot of the League One table.

Ajose’s second 19 minutes from the end cemented a first win in seven outings and even George Thomas’ strike in time added on could not take the gleam off the much-needed three points.

While Saturday’s result at Coventry will not be enough on its own to save Swindon’s season, Williams sees it as a game that could prove a stable building block for the remainder of the campaign.

“It was a moment to say that we have fallen at too many hurdles this campaign and this was a potential banana skin, on a pitch that doesn’t suit us,” Williams said of the post-match huddle.

“So many players are learning so many things and it was really to try and tell them, in the moment they feel proud and the moment they realise how hard they have worked, what is essential to win these type of games, to reinforce that and try to capture it and hopefully, that might have an effect going forward.

“If we learn the lesson now and it’s enough to keep us up then as much as we are disappointed with this season as a whole, we know that valuable lessons were learnt for players.

“We need to savour it and we need to build on performances.”

With Town still three points adrift of safety, they face another crucial battle in their bid for survival when they host Gillingham tomorrow night – with Ady Pennock’s five points outside the bottom four.

Having not recorded back-to-back wins all season, Williams knows that must start immediately if they are to look back on Saturday as a defining moment in their season.

“When the season is finished we’ll look back and hopefully, we will recognise how important (Saturday) was, because we’ll be safe and we’ll recognise that these valuable three points helped us on our way,” he added.

“It’s very much about us making sure we do our bit and only time will tell if this is a turning point.

“(Back-to-back wins) is how you start to build that confidence and momentum, following up one good performance after another and then.

“Now we need to follow it up with a very good performance (against Gillingham), first and foremost, and we need to try to add the goals and the victory.”