When you vow to turn your home into a fortress, an eighth-minute breaching is not the best of starts.
However, Paul Holleran discovered that attack is the best form of defence, with Luke Corbett and Mark Bellingham again providing the ammunition to fire Brakes to only their third home league win of the season.
Following the freak injury to Tony Br
eeden, Chris Kiely made a return in goal, while the inclusion of Gary Knight in place of Adam Cooper was the only other change from the side which lined up in Brakes' last league game at Hemel, some six weeks previously.
Kiely's first major involvement was to pick the ball out of the net after Scott Lycett's looping header squeezed in off the bar following a Swindon free-kick.
Less than three minutes later, however, Brakes were back on level terms when Bellingham produced an exquisite chip which found its way into the back of the net despite the combined efforts of keeper Matthew Bulman and Matt Robinson.
Luke Hopper saw a shot tipped round the post after Sanders lost possession in midfield, but as the game settled down, it was the home side who were enjoying the bulk of possession and chances.
Michael Tuohy saw a cross glance off the bar after a clever backheel from Bellingham before Brakes' leading scorer was thwarted by the legs of Bulman after wriggling free in the box.
A neat lay-off from Bellingham saw the industrious Peter Faulds drag his first-time shot wide, while Bulman had to be at his best to tip over a fierce Corbett effort from the edge of the box.
Bellingham could have made it 2-1 when a Sanders free kick found him unmarked in the box, but with his back to goal he could only get the slightest of touches and the ball bounced into the grateful arms of the Swindon keeper.
With half-time approaching, Brakes fashioned the goal that their pressure merited, albeit from an unlikely source.
Sanders made a surging run into the heart of The Marine half and despite the initial move breaking down, he continued forward to rob Justin McKay and lash home an unstoppable shot from the edge of the box.
Eighteen minutes into the second half, Brakes should have been 3-1 up when, following neat build-up play involving Faulds and Corbett, James Husband found himself in space ten yards out.
However, with Bulman scrambling across his goal, he drove his fierce shot inches wide.
Swindon then created a series of chances as the home side surrendered possession with a succession of sloppy passes in midfield.
Mark Barnes put a first-time shot wide when he had more time, while a quick break from substitute Ashley Edenborough resulted in a fine fingertip save from Kiely.
Marcus Jackson was then forced to head off the line from the resulting corner as Swindon strived for an equaliser.
A rare Leamington attack saw Faulds and Corbett have shots blocked before Kiely was again forced into action, saving well with his legs and then tipping an Edenborough shot on to the post.
Despite the home side looking the most likely scorers, it was Brakes who fashioned the final goal of the game.
A Swindon attack broke down on the edge of Brakes' area and despite calls for the home players to run down the clock, a quick counter saw the ball worked to Husband in an almost identical position to his previous miss.
This time, he went across the keeper and saw his shot cannon off the post to the feet of Corbett, who produced a composed finish to wrap up the three points.
Holleran admitted the scoreline flattered his side but was happy to take the victory after the weather-enforced lay-off.
"We had a good spell up to half-time and I was looking for us to kick on," said Holleran.
"After the break we looked like a side that hadn't played for five or six weeks. We defended too deep but we hung in there and the goal made it look a lot more comfortable than it was. However, we'll take the three points and move on."
