Billy Waters’ hat-trick earned Barrow their third successive win in League Two with a 3-1 victory at home to Colchester.
Waters opened the scoring in the 22nd minute and scored his second three minutes later thanks to an acrobatic volley.
The 28-year-old sealed his hat-trick less than a minute after the break when he fired home from Niall Canavan’s flick-on before Freddie Sears’ late consolation for Colchester.
The win means Barrow move up to fourth in the league table while Colchester remain bottom and are now without a victory in their past five matches.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Barrow
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1FarmanBooked at 84mins
- 21WarrenSubstituted forBrownat 84′minutes
- 25Ray
- 6Canavan
- 20Kenlock
- 13White
- 16FoleySubstituted forNealat 55′minutes
- 34WhitfieldSubstituted forStevensat 69′minutesSubstituted forSmales-Braithwaiteat 74′minutes
- 9WatersSubstituted forGottsat 69′minutes
- 11Kay
- 23MoyoBooked at 89mins
Substitutes
- 2Brown
- 12Lillis
- 14Neal
- 15Gotts
- 17Smales-Braithwaite
- 35Stevens
Colchester
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Hornby
- 22TchamadeuBooked at 90mins
- 4Chambers
- 18Eastman
- 3Clampin
- 33Marshall-MirandaSubstituted forAshleyat 79′minutes
- 10Judge
- 19NewbySubstituted forChilversat 55′minutes
- 7HannantSubstituted forLubalaat 55′minutes
- 23Chesters
- 45NoubleSubstituted forSearsat 79′minutes
Substitutes
- 6Dallison-Lisbon
- 11Sears
- 13O’Hara
- 14Chilvers
- 15Lubala
- 17Ashley
- 30Kazeem
- Referee:
- Darren Bond
- Attendance:
- 3,224
Live Text
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Match ends, Barrow 3, Colchester United 1.
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Second Half ends, Barrow 3, Colchester United 1.
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Junior Tchamadeu (Colchester United) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Alan Judge (Colchester United).
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Josh Kay (Barrow) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Corner, Barrow. Conceded by Luke Chambers.
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Attempt blocked. Josh Kay (Barrow) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Goal! Barrow 3, Colchester United 1. Freddie Sears (Colchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alan Judge with a through ball.
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Foul by Beryly Lubala (Colchester United).
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Tom White (Barrow) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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David Moyo (Barrow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Ryan Clampin (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by David Moyo (Barrow).
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Attempt missed. Ossama Ashley (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Freddie Sears.
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Offside, Colchester United. Thomas Eastman tries a through ball, but Freddie Sears is caught offside.
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Junior Tchamadeu (Colchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Robbie Gotts (Barrow).
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Paul Farman (Barrow) is shown the yellow card.
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Substitution, Barrow. Connor Brown replaces Tyrell Warren.
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Attempt missed. Alan Judge (Colchester United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Beryly Lubala with a headed pass.
