Sean Wood was proud of the impact that Swindon Town's FA Youth Cup run had had on the whole club despite their 1-0 defeat to Bristol City.

Billy Phillips fired home from inside the penalty area after displaying quick feet to cap off a first half in which Bristol City had displayed their quality.

After the break, Swindon fought back and had a few big chances to get themselves back on terms and pushed right to the final whistle, but ultimately were unable to find the goal they needed.

Town turned in a performance that they could be proud of and despite the journey ending at the quarter-final stage, they had achieved a great deal over the course of the cup run.

Wood paid tribute to the many Swindon fans who had made the trip to Bristol to support his side, something he had never seen happen before.

He said: "The boys are devastated, absolutely emotionally devastated, but what a journey, we can all be proud of that.

"Obviously it all comes to an end tonight and looking back at it if we take one or two of the chances where we went through one-on-one or the referee gives a decision which we think is a foul and a penalty when the lad is on a second yellow then the game could flip.

"We wanted to give that moment to the fans, to the players, to their families, and to everybody that has got behind all of our young players, but on the day we just fell short.

"It was tremendous, it was unbelievable support for a game of under-18s football, it really shows the togetherness from top to bottom.

"For so many Swindon Town fans to give up their time and money to travel and support our under-18s, we have to be proud of that as a club.

"The result hasn't gone our way tonight but that is a moment that is going to hold us in good stead going forward and we will look back on it in a few years' time and be very proud of how many fans turned out to watch our under-18s."

Wood added that he was not sure when it would sink in the scale of what he and his side had managed to achieve across a number of competitions this season.

He said: "I am not too sure when it will sink it, it is still very raw at the moment.

"We are very emotional the staff and players, especially with the number of supporters that got behind our players.

"The last 20 minutes were unbelievable, they really pushed and it was a shame we couldn't get that moment for everyone.

"Maybe it will be next week, maybe a couple of weeks, or maybe next season we might look back and think 'Actually, how good was that run and those experiences?'

"What have we learned from it and how can we as an academy evolve and push on going into next season?"