LUKE Williams knows his position will come under intense scrutiny if he cannot turn Swindon Town’s fortunes around but stressed that he has no intentions of walking away from the club.

Town slipped to a third straight defeat in League One tonight when they were hit by a late Bristol Rovers double in a 2-1 reverse at the County Ground.

The loss to local rivals Rovers follows a derby defeat to Oxford United on September 10 as well as another to Bury at the County Ground last Saturday.

Town have collected just eight points from the opening eight league games and they are only above the relegation zone on goal difference.

A vociferous chorus of boos rang around the County Ground after the final whistle and head coach Williams is fully aware that it will be he who lives or dies by whether Town can return to top form sooner rather than later.

“The responsibility falls on my shoulders and I need to try to help the group turn around this predicament that they are in,” Williams told BBC Wiltshire.

“Ultimately, if I am not successful in that, somebody else will have to do it but I will certainly be trying to do everything I possibly can to help the team and change the current results.

“Of course, I am not thinking about going anywhere. It is a challenge that I have got no problems with.

“I have been in this situation; I think you will remember a lot later on in the season, a lot lower in the table and so on. It’s something I have had to manage already and of course, I now need to step up and try to help my team again.”

Town took the lead inside six minutes when Lloyd Jones put them in front from a corner but from there, it was a backs-to-the-wall effort as Rovers dictated the play.

The home side looked like they would hold out for the three points, but for a nightmare 90 seconds for defender Raphael Branco late on.

First, the Brazilian gave away a penalty that allowed Matty Taylor to level the scores before he then diverted a Jermaine Easter shot past Lawrence Vigouroux into his own net.

After being on the back foot for the majority of the 90 minutes, Williams conceded that his team did not warrant victory.

“In the end, they deserved to win the game,” added Williams.

“They were brave, they kept putting the ball forward and they kept fighting for everything and running for the flick-on and trying to get on the end of the second ball, and we didn’t match that, so they deserved to win the game.”