Barrow maintained their promotion push with another important victory after a hard-fought home game.
They came out on top 1-0 against Crawley Town when Dom Telford scored the only goals against his former club.
Telford had joined the Cumbrians in August and this was his fourth goal in six minutes and came a minute into the second-half. It gave Pete Wild’s side a fifth successive victory in all competitions.
The goal, however, was strongly contested by the Crawley players who felt that earlier in the move Barrow’s Emile Acquah had fouled Will Wright.
Referee Seb Stockbridge decided that the goal would stand and as well as five straight victories it stretched Barrow’s unbeaten run to eight games.
The Bluebirds had opportunities before Telford broke the deadlock. Acquah hit a post and was also denied a goal by Crawley keeper Luca Ashby-Hammond when he
Crawley enjoyed 67-33 per cent possession advantage but couldn’t make it count with few opportunities.
But they did miss a great chance at the end when Kellan Gordon shot wide with just home keeper Paul Farman to beat.
