Swindon Town's Luke Williams reckons Fleetwood win will "stay with his players for the rest of their career"

The character shown by Swindon Town in their big win over Fleetwood on Saturday will stay with the squad for the rest of their careers, Luke Williams envisages.

On multiple occasions this season Swindon have been unable to hold onto a lead, even with little time left on the clock, but on Saturday they held out for the win after going in front nine minutes before the end.

The defeat that seems to rankle with Williams the most from this campaign is the reverse at Bradford, where Swindon led with five minutes to go but ended up losing 2-1 to the Bantams.

A previous 2-1 loss, at home to Oxford, also came about after Swindon drew first blood and Williams ended the match in infamy when he stated his young squad "struggled to cope with the reality of being in front", which, at times, has been a damning indictment on why the Robins currently find themselves staring relegation in the face.

Saturday's three points restored hope for everyone connected with the Wiltshire-based team though as Swindon are now potentially just another win away from a position of safety again, if results go their way next weekend and Shrewsbury lose their game in hand tomorrow (Tuesday) night.

Williams now thinks that if lessons truly have been learned on game management, that will stay with his players from forthwith until the day they retire.

"I think, if we've learned a lesson from Bradford and that got us over the line today, then I'm very pleased and I think it'll stay with the players for the rest of their career."

Swindon had to show extra resolve to break down a stubborn and compact Fleetwood outfit at Highbury, something they have repeatedly struggled to do in the past with draws against the likes of Oldham, Shrewsbury and AFC Wimbledon as well as a 1-0 defeat at home to Chesterfield.

It was something Swindon went into the game expecting, Williams said.

"We planned for this, it was cagey in the beginning, we had no width which is something I really do not like, it's not something that I ever thought in my mind that I would ever have a team that plays so narrow and so many players behind the ball, but it's needs must.

"I need to be dynamic, and help the team. We expected that if we set the team up in this way we expected a cagey first half and we felt at half-time that the gameplan was executed well and now it was a case of we needed to do that little bit extra to get the goal.

"They are really difficult to play against, they are very, very, very clearly well-drilled, everybody knows that Uwe Rosler is an outstanding manager, it may come as a shock to people that he's working in League One.

"It shows on the pitch because he is perfect for the majority of the time - the timing of people's press, the very, very clear plans they have to create a chance to score is all very, very evident.

"The pitch is very tight and they understand how to use that to their advantage."

Swindon host MK Dons on Saturday looking to win more than two games in a row for the first time since February of 2016.