Manager John Coleman refused to get carried away after Accrington moved out of the relegation places with a 1-0 win over in-form Shrewsbury.
On-loan Brentford striker Aaron Pressley stroked home the winning goal in the 13th minute, getting on the end of Rosaire Longelo’s cross.
Former Shrew Shaun Whalley struck a post with a header for Stanley after 32 minutes while the visitors dominated the chances after the break, Rekeil Pyke hitting the crossbar.
Coleman, whose side chalked up their first win in six league games, said: “I think I aged seven years in seven minutes of added time but we stood firm.
“I would have liked to attack more but you can tell the nerves in the players, you can tell what it means to them.
“We could have passed the ball better but you have to give Shrewsbury credit, they threw everyone forward and, at the end, they were playing with seven forwards and we got pinned in for periods.
“Lukas (Jensen) made a couple of great saves which you need to win games. That’s sometimes the difference and you need a bit of luck along the way.
“I am pleased the players got the rewards for their efforts but it’s one swallow and we can’t get carried away.
“There is no point getting a win if you are just going to go on another run of losses. You have to keep your pedal to the metal and try and eek out results and try and get another 20-odd points that we need.
“There were some big performances, the inexperience of Baba Fernandes and Mo Sangare playing centre halves, they put a shift in and I am pleased for them to get a clean sheet.”
Shrews boss Steve Cotterill watched key incidents from the match back after the game and was frustrated by decisions.
He said: “I have just seen something which could be a retrospective red card, it’s up to the authorities and something else went on at the end.
“They were also taking their time over everything but the referee only said six minutes of added time despite the fourth official saying seven.
“It made it difficult to get any tempo into the game.
“We gave a sloppy goal away at the start of the game but there was nothing in the first half.
“They did not look like scoring, they did not get into our half in the second half and that’s what is disappointing.
“We had enough chances to win the game but you have to tuck them away. We got into enough goalscoring opportunities but we did not take them.
“Before the game we knew if we scored one goal we would not get beaten and if we scored two we would win but it didn’t work out that way.”
