I thought that was a very thorough and professional job we did on Stockport last night. We controlled the first half apart from a 5-6 minute spell around 30 minutes in. They never actually got into our final third of the pitch until 20 mins had gone by and limited them to only one chance on target that was well smothered by Aaron Taylor although Jack Ryan was nearly put through until being well intercepted by Grand and Livesey who were rock solid all night.
The second half began at a quicker pace by both sides and it wasn’t long before Danny Hurst was called into action in the Stockport goal reacting quickly to beat Jason Walker to the ball everything positive for Barrow appeared to be engineered by Dan Pilkington and Andy Haworth.
Cook was soon put through but his fierce strike was wide of the mark although he hit his shot that hard the ball had to be replaced. Again it fell to Cook and it looked like he wasn’t going to be denied but for a last gasp tackle by O’Halloran on the edge of the box snuffing out another opportunity. There were half chances for County at the other end the most notable falling to Glover who’s long range shot was well collected by Taylor.
Pilkington ran himself to a standstill though not before providing the move of the night the ball was played to Pilkington wide on the left he then beat his man and with a pinpoint pass to the recently introduced Lewis Guy who finished very well to put us that all important goal ahead on 73 mins.
The closing minutes of the game came and went with us playing the sensible game and when we could eat down the clock. A complete team performance and another vitally important 3 points and a chance for the players to rest take stock and prepare for that final ten game countdown.
eventually got home around 01:40 after enduring an epic but happy ride home
