Lee Angol and Andy Cook scored as Bradford beat Barrow 2-1 to end a seven-game winless run in League Two.
Josh Gordon pulled one back for Barrow moments after they had gone two goals down but he will rue a missed chance to equalise just before the hour mark as the Bantams escaped with the points.
Angol’s opener came in the eighth minute. He collected a threaded pass from Alex Gilliead and capitalised with a neat finish into the bottom corner.
Former Bluebirds striker Cook doubled the lead four minutes into the second half, with Gilliead again at the heart of the build-up. He got the better of Matt Platt as he tried to shepherd the ball out and set up Cook to hit his eighth goal of the campaign.
But Barrow struck back moments later. Tom Beadling’s deflected shot led to a corner which was taken short, and Josh Kay sent in a cross that fell perfectly for Gordon to head in at point-blank range.
Patrick Brough’s excellent ball flashed across the face of goal should have led to Gordon’s second but he misfired and Liam Ridehalgh denied Connor Brown following in.
The hosts did have the ball in the net 20 minutes from time but referee Sebastian Stockbridge disallowed it for a foul on goalkeeper Sam Hornby by Gordon and the Bantams held on despite late waves of pressure from Barrow.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Barrow
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 1Farman
- 2BrownBooked at 53minsSubstituted forStevensat 69′minutes
- 25Arthur
- 5Platt
- 3Brough
- 24Hutton
- 28Banks
- 13White
- 11KayBooked at 90minsSubstituted forEllisat 90+1′minutes
- 16BeadlingSubstituted forSeaat 57′minutes
- 12Gordon
Substitutes
- 4Taylor
- 6Ellis
- 21Lillis
- 26Sea
- 33James
- 35Stevens
Bradford
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Hornby
- 2Threlkeld
- 16Kelleher
- 4O’Connor
- 3Ridehalgh
- 18Watt
- 6Songo’oSubstituted forFouldsat 77′minutes
- 11Gilliead
- 8CookeBooked at 90mins
- 19AngolSubstituted forRobinsonat 79′minutes
- 9CookSubstituted forSuttonat 70′minutes
Substitutes
- 1O’Donnell
- 14Foulds
- 15Vernam
- 20Robinson
- 22Sutton
- 24Cousin-Dawson
- 29Lavery
- Referee:
- Seb Stockbridge
- Attendance:
- 3,463
Live Text
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Match ends, Barrow 1, Bradford City 2.
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Second Half ends, Barrow 1, Bradford City 2.
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Attempt blocked. Festus Arthur (Barrow) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Callum Cooke (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card.
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Tom White (Barrow) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Callum Cooke (Bradford City).
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Foul by Dimitri Sea (Barrow).
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Elliot Watt (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Offside, Bradford City. Callum Cooke tries a through ball, but Theo Robinson is caught offside.
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Oliver Banks (Barrow) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Elliot Watt (Bradford City).
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Attempt saved. Dimitri Sea (Barrow) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oliver Banks.
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Substitution, Barrow. Mark Ellis replaces Josh Kay.
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Josh Kay (Barrow) is shown the yellow card.
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Offside, Bradford City. Callum Cooke tries a through ball, but Theo Robinson is caught offside.
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Josh Gordon (Barrow) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Liam Ridehalgh (Bradford City).
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Foul by Josh Kay (Barrow).
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Callum Cooke (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Oliver Banks (Barrow).

