IAN Evatt believes Barrow AFC owe the club’s new owners and supporters a result against Aldershot Town this afternoon.

Off the pitch, it has been a successful week for the Bluebirds with the news chairman Paul Hornby has finalised a new ownership consortium, comprising of himself, Tony Shearer, Mark Hetherington, Kristian Wilkes and the Bluebirds Trust.

It ended a relatively swift process at Holker Street, with the new regime being brought into place just four weeks after previous owner Paul Casson announced he was stepping down.

The intervening period has seen the fortunes of the team take a turn for the worse however, with Barrow losing their last six games and without a win since October 6.

“I believe we owe the fans and Paul Hornby and the new owners a result,” said Evatt. “The supporters have been there all season for us and it’s about time we repaid them.

“The most important thing, on the football side of things, is for us to start progressing up the table.”

Evatt has again spoken of how pleased he is that the Bluebirds Trust will have a say in the running of the club, as he was a big supporter of their Share Contribution Scheme and took part in the ‘pitch invasion’ at Holker Street that launched it a week ago.

The Trust will take up a 10 per cent share in the Bluebirds and will have a representative on the board, with the other new faces there all having close connections with the town of Barrow.

Evatt said: “It was a fantastic turnout last week and it was great for us as staff and the players to be a part of it, so it just shows again how the fans are buying into everything.

“I’m pleased that the supporters are going to have a say, through the Bluebirds Trust because any supporters of any football club are the heartbeat of it.

“They are going to be a big part of what we’re doing moving forwards as a football club and they’re the ones that travel down many miles every season and buy tickets.

“[Chairman] Steve Herbert is a fantastic guy as well and, as an organisation, they’ve helped me a lot these last five or six months.”