After 15 straight games without one, the relief of sealing a National League win for the first time since September was huge for Leyton Orient.

New head coach Justin Edinburgh deserves credit for taking a team dangerously low on confidence and securing a 4-1 win against a Sutton United side hunting the title.

His challenge now is to harness the feeling created by victory into a run of results and the tangible reward of moving up the table.

"It is incredible, you can't underestimate what that result will do," Edinburgh said.

"We have to bottle that feeling and they are the sort of feelings we want to have week in week out and not sporadically.

"This has to be the marker of the group because they are the players who performed it. It is a huge lift and one we must capitalise on with a run of results."

The first chance to do just that comes in the form of an away day against Haringey Borough in the FA Trophy on Saturday.

With Orient's National League concerns still very real - they sit three points above the relegation places - the temptation to view the cup competition as of less importance is a very real one.

Edinburgh takes the polar opposite opinion, though, and feels a run of victories in any competition is paramount to taking the O's out of trouble.

"We will approach it like any other game and will give Haringey the respect they deserve. We will go there looking to get to the next round and it is no distraction," he said.

"I want us to pick up where we left off and continue the performance levels, because if we perform like that more often that not we will move in the right direction."

The Orient boss' ambition in the FA Trophy lies far beyond progression from the firs round meeting with Borough.

He feels the O;'s have the potential to go all the way in the competition and is eager to win silverware at the club.

"It is a trophy I believe we can win and it is realistic for us to win it," he said.

"Winning trophies and having those memories to look back on is what football is all about.

"It is a massive opportunity to go and play at Wembley in the FA Trophy final so it is no distraction for us.

"It is another game we want to win and get some consistency in so we can move forward."

Once their FA Trophy commitments are put to one side Orient will turn their attention back to the league and the hectic festive period.

The O's play five times between Saturday, December 23 and Saturday, January 6, in a run of games which could see them make strides up the table should they find form.

Conversely, bad results will keep them mired in the relegation dogfight and needing to pick up better results in the new year.

Edinburgh is aware of the importance of the period, which begins with a trip to Maidstone United a week on Saturday, and is keen to make sure his side make the most of it.

He said: "It is a very good opportunity with lots of games to try and accumulate a lot of points.

"If that goes for you, it is a fantastic thing, but, if it doesn't, you look at it as a different story.

"Christmas is a good time and one that you look forward to being involved in. There is a lot of football and, as a player, that it what you want.

"I don't envisage having any problems getting the players motivated for it and there is no issue with a busy run of games."