Oxford United finally secured their first away win of the season with an impressive 2-1 win over Swansea City.

It was like watching a totally different team. From the reaction of the players, management and fans at the final whistle, you would have thought that Oxford United were celebrating promotion rather than simply a victory.

But United's first away win in the league was fully deserved, and showed the 220 travelling U's fans who made the trip in awful conditions that Dave Kemp is already turning things around.

And while it was an impressive team performance from every United player, one man stood above everybody else.

Keith Andrews, signed on loan from Wolves, produced a sensational performance in central midfield on his full league debut, and capped it with the winning goal in the 34th minute.

Andrews looked assured throughout, is not afraid to put his foot in where it hurts, and has the added ability of being able to play the ball from side-to-side with unerring ease.

Kemp played all three of his new signings. Full back Keith Brown came in for Paul Powell, Andrews replaced Simon Weatherstone, and Phil Gray was up front for the unfit Steve Anthrobus.

All three made assured debuts, and it was impossible to tell that they had only had one training session with their new teammates.

And it shows the resolve of this new United side that they kept their discipline and shape when they went a goal behind in the 12th minute after a mistake from Joey Beauchamp.

Beauchamp tried to play a ball back to Brown on the edge of his own penalty area, but Jason Price intercepted and crossed for an unmarked Steve Watkin to poke home from close range.

If Beauchamp was at fault for Swansea's goal, he certainly made amends five minutes later.

Picking the ball up on the left, Beauchamp cut inside, quickly changed directions, skipped past two half-hearted Swansea challenges and hit a 25-yard screamer that gave Roger Freestone no chance.

It was a moment of sheer class by Beauchamp, but he was still being overshadowed by the dominant Andrews, who was influencing the whole game.

And when Beauchamp's corner was not cleared, the Wolves' 20-year-old collected up the ball on the edge of the area and fired a 20-yard belter past Freestone's outstretched right hand.

Peter Fear, playing in a wide right position, saw a 25-yard volley whizz past the post, and Andrews again tried his luck from long range.

On the stroke of half-time, U's keeper Richard Knight was forced to make his first real contribution of the afternoon, producing a great reflex save to deny Lee Jenkins, and then reacting quickly to punch away the rebound, with Giovanni Savarese closing in.

The fact that Knight was a mere spectator for the majority of the second half shows the dominance that United achieved.

They were helped though when Matthew Bound was shown the red card after raising his hand to Gray off the ball, and the United players again showed discipline when Swansea lost their heads in a mad five-minute spell.

Substitute Walter Boyd forced Knight into his only save of the half, the former Derby keeper saving well to his right.

With the home crowd venting their anger at a poor display from the Welsh side, United's nervous fans were praying for the final whistle.

But the anxiety turned relief when, after three added minutes, they were sent into euphoria as United ended their quest for an away victory this season at the ninth attempt