SWINDON Town forward Paul Mullin thanked his teammates for allowing him to return from his old stomping ground with all three points in his back pocket.

Mullin made his return to the Globe Arena for the first time since his summer switch to Wiltshire and received a warm welcome from the manager down to the tea lady.

However, despite the pleasantries, the 22-year-old, who has netted in three of Town’s opening five fixtures, only had victory for Swindon on his mind.

And, after a rousing speech from manager David Flitcroft, Donal McDermott came up with the goods to secure the 1-0 victory.

“Before the game the gaffer told the team, everyone, myself included, and we didn’t need telling to try and win the game for me because you always want to do well when you go back to your ex-club,” he said.

“I was grateful to Morecambe for giving me the start in football but now I’ve moved on, it’s all about winning the games.

“I was made up. It’s another three points for us and we just want to get as many points as we can.

“It was a great game. The first 20 minutes, I thought we were unbelievable, we moved the ball very well, created lots of chances and they couldn’t seem to get it off us. As soon as we went in front, we just needed to see the game out and that’s what we did.

“We just got the ball and tried to put it into areas, get the ball up the pitch and see the game out.

“The conditions didn’t help us too much in the first-half, it was blowing everywhere, but we did well and stuck to our guns to come away with the three points.”

Mullin was joined on the pitch after the match by his nephew, taking penalties in front of the empty stadium against the Town striker, who admitted it was nice to play in front of some familiar faces after what has been an emotionally draining move down south for the scouser.

“It was nice meeting all my old friends and all my friends from back home who obviously can’t come and watch me every single week at Swindon,” he added, as his family overlooked his post-match media duties.

“My family come down to Swindon every week to watch me, they are very supportive, which I am grateful for.

“To have everyone here today and get the win and have a good game was great and I just hope I can do it every time they come.”