SWINDON Town manager Phil Brown felt the foundations for his side’s dominant win at Yeovil Town were laid in the week after they swept their hosts aside 3-0 this afternoon.

Brown was eager to see a reaction from his troops to last weekend’s disappointing 2-1 loss at home to Bury in League Two and got exactly that at Huish Park as goals from Steven Alzate, Matt Taylor and Elijah Adebayo sealed victory.

Yeovil entered the game fresh off the back of a crushing 6-0 success at Newport County a week earlier, making the fact that Town were able to overcome Darren Way’s side even more impressive.

The Glovers had also recorded six clean sheets in a row prior to today’s game, so Brown had worked tirelessly with his side in training to form an effective gameplan to take to Somerset and was thrilled to see it pay off.

“It was quite a turnaround in a week having considered the performance – and it was a poor one – against Bury,” said Brown.

“Credit to the players and their mentality this week. They were bang at it all week. Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday Friday – every training session was spot on.

“You have to take your hat off to anybody that wins 6-0 away from home, but it wasn’t that, it was the six clean sheets that I was interested in.

“There is something going on at this football club that is difficult to break down. It’s a lovely run club, I know the manager very well, he prides himself in his team’s performances and we had to break it down.

“I thought the first half was more or less one-way traffic. We had a real foothold in the game for 30 to 35 minutes.

“On the odd occasion, we let them out and they showed what they could do – the front four had a bit of pace.

“But we stuck at it and we knew the first goal was going to be important and when it came, we stayed with the gameplan.

“I don’t think Yeovil could change there’s and consequently, we went on to win the game comfortably.”

The only blemish on Town’s performance was the concession of a penalty with eight minutes to go when 2-0 up, although Olufela Olomola crashed his effort against the crossbar.

Brown felt the spot-kick, for an alleged push by Keshi Anderson at a corner, should not have been given and was aggrieved at referee Matt Donohue’s decision to give the hosts an unwarranted “lifeline”.

“I am a little bit disappointed at times by the third team out there,” said Brown.

“I am full of praise for referees because I could not do the job. It is a thankless task, you can never win. If one manager is not complaining, the other one is.

“It is a nothing challenge, it is not a penalty and he gives them a lifeline for what? To be involved in an exciting finish?

“That’s not their job, their job is to referee the game.

“If it was a penalty, I’ll take it. I haven’t seen it, I just saw it when it happened, and it didn’t look like a penalty to me.

“It is not their job to level games up, it is not their job to make it exciting, it is our job.

“We will stick at that and we will try to make games exciting with the way we play football.”