Midfielder Sam Togwell hopes Scunthorpe United's first league victory of the season will result in increased backing from the terraces.

Iron fans had to wait 10 games to celebrate three points, with Saturday's 2-1 result over Yeovil Town bringing an end to the team's winless start.

And while the performance wasn't the most convincing, Togwell is certain the result can inspire a profitable run.

"I think the win was needed more for the fans, to get that belief back behind the team and behind the management," he said.

"On the terraces it's probably a relief, but the players knew it was going to come.

"We felt Saturday would be the day and luckily it was.

"It should have come five or six games ago but it didn't.

"Ironically we didn't play very well, or as well as we had done in the last few weeks, yet we got the win."

For the second game in succession, Togwell was asked to fill in for the injured Andrew Wright at right-back.

It is a role he is happy to take on, though having faced Yeovil's pacey Alan O'Brien, the stand-in skipper admits he hopes to soon be back in more familiar surroundings.

"I was asked the previous week (at Walsall) to play there  and I'd done well," said the former Barnsley man.

"The gaffer obviously felt we were solid enough to keep it that way again on Saturday.

"I think we grew in confidence during the game and the second half was a lot better defensively as a whole team, not necessarily the back four.

"I don't mind playing there. I am a midfielder but if that means I'm playing, I'll play anywhere.

"Luckily I have played there before, a few years ago when I was younger, so it's not new to me.

"It's just getting it back out the memory bank with positioning wise, what to do and where certain people are.

"Not many people will come up against a quicker winger than that guy on Saturday.

"I found it tough in the first half, positioning wise. If I got tight to me, he would knock it around and if I laid off him, he'd knock it and beat me still.

"It's a learning curve for me but I thought I did well towards the end of the game.

"I enjoy it. I don't mind playing there, it comes kind of natural to me. As long as I'm playing."