BRIAN Laws is confident that Burnley’s victory over West Ham United on Saturday can be the start of a revival in form.

The Clarets had gone 12 Premier League games without a win – nine of which came while Owen Coyle was still in charge – before goals from David Nugent and Danny Fox handed them a 2-1 triumph against the Hammers at the weekend.

The result lifted Burnley out of the relegation zone and back above Coyle’s new club Bolton, and Laws’ side now travel to Fulham tomorrow night hoping to build on it.

“Now we’ve got that result under our belt we can march on,” said Laws, who registered his first win as Clarets boss after an unwanted start of four straight defeats.

“We can start believing going to Fulham that we can get a result there.

“We said from the start that these five games were going to be the turning point of our season. Which direction are we going in?

“The important one is we’ve got that first win that we wanted, so onwards and upwards.

“We’ve got to keep believing that this is the start of our season.”

Asked if his side had just secured a massive win, Laws twice jokingly requested for the question to be repeated – not because he was hard of hearing, but because he liked the sound of it.