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Barrow manager Mark Cooper is mapping out his January transfer window targets with an experienced striker top of the list.

Two second-half goals from Forest Green hotshot Matty Stevens condemned Barrow to another defeat.

Barrow’s winless League run continued at The Dunes Hotel Stadium as the Bluebirds went down 1-0 to Crawley Town.

JOSH GORDON scored a dramatic equaliser six minutes into added time to earn Barrow a point at his former club Walsall.

BARROW suffered a survival hangover as they lost 2-1 to relegated Southend. Star striker Scott Quigley bagged his 15th goal of the season but John White and young gun Terrell Egbri turned the tables to secure the visitors’ victory at Holker Street. The Bluebirds secured their Football League status by winning at Forest Green Rovers earlier in the week. Barrow returned to the fourth tier for the first time since 1972 last term and their fans will get League Two football next season. ...

A LATE equaliser from substitute Tom Beadling secured Barrow a vital draw at Colchester United. Beadling struck home a fine low shot from the edge of the area in the 88th minute to earn a point for the Bluebirds, cancelling out Callum Harriott’s first-half strike, at the JobServe Community Stadium. Barrow started the game one point – and one place – above their hosts in the table but with two games in hand. Bluebirds caretaker boss Rob Kelly named an unchanged line-up for their fi...

The Bluebirds were bidding to match their best unbeaten record since returning to the Football League. But Portsmouth loanee Recco Hackett-Fairchild’s third-minute goal separated the two sides in a relegation six-pointer. Barrow have not won at Southend for over 50 years as the ten-man basement boys’ recent revival continued with just one defeat in their last ten league games. Michael Jolley’s side remain outside the bottom two on goal difference. Jolley made a solitary change t...

Scunthorpe United 2 - 1arrow 1 (Quigley 16) Barrow fell to a fourth consecutive defeat in heart-breaking fashion thanks to an injury time goal from Scunthorpe captain Jordan Clarke. A scrappy affair saw the Bluebirds’ Scott Quigley cancel out Abo Eisa’s opener in what was a lively opening, which looked to have earned a point until the death. The Bluebirds are now ten games without a victory in all competitions, having not won in League Two since October. Caretaker boss Rob Kelly n...