BRITTON USED TO DOG FIGHT

LEON BRITTON has warned Swansea’s relegation rivals his side have the survival experience to ensure another late escape.

The Welsh club are preparing for a crunch home game with West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday. They are looking for a seventh successive win at the Liberty Stadium, after beating Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1964.

Veteran midfielder Britton (top) insists the relegation scrap holds no fears for the 18th-placed Swans, who have rallied to finish 15th and 12th in the last two seasons.

Britton, 35, who joined in 2002 from the Hammers, said: “I do think the experience helps, if I am being honest.

“The last couple of years have been tough, but now we are in a situation we have been in before, and have got to get out of it.

“We know what it takes and what we have got to do. We have to call on that experience and use it in difficult periods. There will be twists and turns, even with 10 games left.

“Last year, with five games left, we were on a bad run, and people probably said we were dead and buried.

“But we have to remain calm, use that experience we have had in the past couple of years, and take it into the remaining games, and hopefully get the job done.” The Swans looked doomed again this term when they propped up the table under Paul Clement. He was axed in December when playercoach Britton was put in charge for two games. Then Carlos Carvalhal (above) took over and they have since only suffered two defeats in 14 games in all competitions.

Their last outing in the top-flight was a 4-1 loss at Brighton, but Britton added: “I look at the points rather than the position.

“The points are so tight, you get a win and, all of a sudden, you bounce up three or four places.

“I have full confidence we can go on another good run and get enough points to make sure we are safe.”