Swansea City 2-0 Morecambe: Luke Williams era up and running with comfortable FA Cup win

Luke Williams kicked off his Swansea City reign with victory over Morecambe in the FA Cup third round.

Charlie Patino's goal just after half-time set the hosts on their way at the Swansea.com Stadium, before Jerry Yates sealed the victory by lashing home late on to put the Swans into the hat for the fourth round.

It's been a whirlwind 48 hours for Williams, whose first game in charge arrived on the back of just one training session with this group of players. His appointment also brought the curtain down on a turbulent 32-day search that sparked much angst and unease in the ranks of the Jack Army.

This performance felt like a small but important step in the right direction, albeit against struggling League Two opposition. Indeed, the overriding feeling from this performance was that it could well take a bit of time for this team to get to where Williams wants them to be.

In any case, and with all due respect to the Shrimps, this was never likely to be the sort of blockbuster first step into the new era that some may have preferred. Williams had actually seen off Ged Brannan's side 5-0 with his previous employers just eight days ago.

The goals weren't quite so free flowing for his Swans side here, but a place in the fourth round nevertheless enables a little bit of bedding in before next weekend's return to Championship action at Birmingham City.

Certainly there was little to really dent the almost universally positive pre-match mood here too much. After a difficult and uncertain end to 2023, the sight of Williams pacing in the dugout in his spotless white trainers will be a comforting one.

That's no slight against the work done by Alan Sheehan, who was well worth the praise from his new boss for the solid job he did