PHIL Brown alluded to Swindon Town’s 2-1 FA Cup first round win over National League North outfit York City this afternoon as a case of ‘job done’.

Scott Twine netted early in the first half, but Sam Collins’ resilient City levelled the contest shortly before half time through David Ferguson.

Dominant Town held their nerve though as pressure from a series of second half chances became too much for York, who conceded with 14 minutes remaining when Steven Alzate struck from inside the penalty area.

Town, who were winless at home in two months prior to today’s game, have now booked their spot in the FA Cup second round draw among other Football League teams ranging from Portsmouth, Walsall and Newport County.

Brown said: “It is job done.

“That is what we set out to achieve - we wanted to score more goals than the opposition and beat them.

“York would’ve been looking for a replay, I should imagine.

“We created six clear cut chances in the first half and nine in the second half. To say we didn’t deserve the win would be an understatement.

“The strike force had potency, flair and forward-thinking players – there was lots to admire.

“But at 1-1 coming into the latter stages of the game, I wasn’t fearing the worst but thinking ‘are we going to do this and get it over the line’.

“To be fair to the lads, they did just that.”

Brown made seven team changes following the previous Saturday’s loss at Colchester United.

All four defenders from that game – Olly Lancashire, Joe Romanski, Matt Taylor and Kyle Knoyle – were dropped in favour of a back three consisting of Sid Nelson in the centre with Dion Conroy on his left and Luke Woolfenden on the right.

Martin Smith and Jak McCourt were also dropped, while up front Scott Twine replaced the injured Marc Richards – and was rewarded with his first ever senior goal for Swindon Town.

The changes were Brown’s end product after a week of working out a new system for his side following a more than turbulent two months of results.

“I made a lot of changes and made changes to our system as well,” said Brown.

“I worked at it all week, I managed to get enough time to work and piece it all together.

“Certainly, after the game behind closed doors on Tuesday (against Southampton) there was a lot to think about.

“The job was done in the end. I didn’t foresee their goal, I thought we were fully in control of the game – and I thought in the second half we were too.

“But at 1-1 – non-league side or not – you’ve got something to hold onto.”