Alan Tate pounced for his first senior goal to end Swansea's miserable start to the New Year with a 2-1 win against Leyton Orient at Vetch Field.
Tate scored with just nine minutes remaining to see off a determined Leyton Orient side and hand the hosts their first win of 2004.
Swans boss Brian Flynn admitted the 2-1 win eased the pressure in the Vetch Field dressing room.
"It's a huge weight off our shoulders," said Flynn. "The longer it went on the harder it becomes to stop it so it's great to get that pressure off our backs.
"It was a really important win for us and I'm really pleased for the lads because our run in the league hasn't been great of late and I thought we thoroughly deserved it." Swansea set their stall out to bring a much needed win to the home fans as early as the third minute, energetic midfielder Andy Robinson coming close with a delicate chip.
And it was the live wire Robinson again who brought a fantastic save out of Orient keeper Glen Morris.
But it was top scorer Lee Trundle who opened the scoring, pouncing after the O's failed to clear a Brad Maylett corner.
It seemed all Swansea's hard work had come undone when Wayne Purser rifled home from close range on 31 minutes before Tate smashed home from a goal mouth scramble when the game looked likely to be heading for a draw.
Flynn insisted the result means Swansea’s play-off hopes are far from over.
"There's a long way to go and we have to put a really good run together," said Flynn. "But with the quality in this side we are capable of doing it and I'll be disappointed if we don't." The joy around the Vetch Field was tempered by the news star striker Trundle could be missing for up to two weeks after he left the field with a hamstring injury as did right-back Shaun Byrne, to extend the already lengthy injury list.