New Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce praised the club's vast army of travelling fans after a late penalty from Jordan Ayew secured a 2-1 win at Reading.
More than 4,000 supporters made the trip to Berkshire and were rewarded with Villa's first away win in 14 months.
It was also their first win in 11 Championship matches and Bruce's first victory, in his second game, since he succeeded Roberto Di Matteo.
"You have to make a special mention of the supporters,'' Bruce said. "They've travelled down here in their thousands, they've got behind their team in the last 10 minutes and breathed life into the lads.