WAYNE Brown believes Colchester United’s fans can play a ‘massive part’ in helping them pull away from League Two relegation trouble.

The U’s are preparing for this weekend’s home clash with high-flying Swindon Town, boosted by an impressive 3-0 triumph at Salford City.

Colchester’s victory over the Ammies ended a run of five straight league defeats, sparking jubilant scenes between the club’s players, staff and fans at the final whistle.

The U’s were given strong backing throughout their game at Moor Lane and interim boss Brown says they will need their backing in every game, between now and the end of the season.

Brown said: “I’m pleased for the fans and you would hope that this gives them a little bit of belief and inspiration to keep coming back.

“The supporters have had frustrating times as well.

“They’ve lived it and they’ve actually gone through the process with us with the frustrations and not winning games of football.

“It’s not nice as a supporter, especially when you’re travelling up and down the country.

“They played a big part and they were fantastic but we’re going to need them in every game.

“They were immense and fair play to them.

“We’ve won a game of football - we need to build on it and they’re going to play a massive part.”

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Colchester remain six points above the relegation zone, after fellow strugglers Scunthorpe United and Barrow lost to Bristol Rovers and Salford respectively, on Tuesday night.

Brown added: “The players will have their feet on the ground.

“They’ve won a game of football but it’s the way that they’ve won a game of football that they need to identify and that’s where the belief will come.

“That’s where the buy-in will come, when they watch the game back with the successes that we got and how we got them.

“We can build on that and that’s what we need to do, because we’re still at the wrong end of the table.

“We need points on the board and that’s the only way they’re going to come.

“You’re always under pressure to get points – that’s your job.

“You put loads of belief and confidence into the team and you’ve got to tell them and ask them to play a way that we feel that we can get success.

“That’s all you can do as a coach and as a manager and to get the lads to buy into what you’re trying to put into them and I thought they did that, at Salford.”