Jackson, left, began his career in England at Rushden in 2004

Striker Simeon Jackson has admitted his relief after scoring his first goal in Norwich City colours in the 2-0 win over Swansea City on Saturday.

His injury-time strike, converting from a Grant Holt cross, broke a scoring duck dating back to March.

Jackson told BBC Radio Norfolk: "It had been (playing on my mind), especially when people are asking me about it every week.

"And it's good to get off the mark and seal it with a win."

The 23-year-old Canadian, who netted 23 times for Gillingham last season, added: "It was great vision from Holt to get it set up and put a great ball in.

When we conceded the penalty I thought, 'oh no, it's not going to go our way' Simeon Jackson

"To beat Swansea, it says a lot about us. We don't give in, we do grind it out to the end.

"That's going to keep giving us results if we keep doing that."

But Jackson admitted the side were fearing defeat before Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy saved David Cotterill's penalty seven minutes from full-time, with the game poised at 0-0.

"When we conceded the penalty I thought, 'oh no, it's not going to go our way'," Jackson said.

"But it was a great save by Ruddy and it lifted us and we went on to seal it in the end."

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