Barrow were shocked at Holker Street as Swindon Town scored a 2-0 victory to spoil Pete Wild’s 100th game in charge of the Bluebirds.
Barrow had gone unbeaten through the month of March with 14 points collected and a strong position in the play-offs. But they have lost their last two games and are starting to look over the shoulders at the chasers.
Swindon aren’t one of them, as they sit much nearer the drop zone that the play-offs, but took their chances to earn a valuable win in south Cumbria.
But Barrow had their moments as Cole Stockton had a goal disallowed for offside and he also had an effort cleared off the line.
When you consider Dom Telford also saw one cleared off the line and substitute Emile Acquah hit the crossbar with a header, it showed that Barrow could easily have turned this round on another day.
But Williams Kokolo gave Swindon the lead on 35 minutes when he curled a shot into the top corner for his first goal for the club.
Swindon were in dreamland when former Liverpool youngster Paul Glatzel scored his sixth goal, his fourth in as many games, after joining the Robins in January just
Interim Swindon boss Gavin Gunning was enjoying his fourth win in 14 games but for Barrow’s new centurion boss Wild his afternoon went from bad to worse with a booking.
