Barrow AFC will be looking for four league wins on the trot for the first time since manager Ian Evatt took charge last summer when they welcome Harrogate Town to Holker Street tomorrow.

The Bluebirds are hoping to put together a late charge in their final seven games of the season to at least try to put pressure on the teams above them in the table and in the play-off positions.

Playing such sides certainly hasn’t been a problem for them during the campaign and they go into the match against the Yorkshiremen with impressive wins at Wrexham and Eastleigh under their belt.

The fact that Harrogate are sixth in the National League will mean this is another game that will look after itself for AFC, in terms of motivation, even though they go into it with a severely depleted squad.

Evatt said: “Obviously they’re one of the ones that we’re shooting at, we need to gain points on them as quickly as possible and that means beating them.

“We’ll be going all out to try and do that – they’re a very good side and they’ve had a good run of form.

“Obviously, they didn’t get the right result on Tuesday [at Barnet], but they’d been on good form before that and it’s going to be a difficult game, but if we can get to the potentials and levels that we have got to in recent times, then I’m sure we can get the three points.”

Harrogate were defeated 1-0 by Barnet in midweek, which prevented them from pulling away from the teams chasing them in the top half of the table.

They could have a larger Holker Street crowd than normal against them, with the club running a special promotion that allows supporters under 16 to enter the ground for free and Evatt believes it’s a great way of attracting a younger fanbase.

He said: “I think we, as a football club, need to kind of change the demographic of the people coming into Holker Street.

“On Saturday, we need to appeal to more younger fans and start getting those people involved with the football club.

“I’ve said many times that I feel the atmosphere at Holker Street needs to be better because it makes it difficult for away teams.

“Our job, as the home team, is to make it as hard as possible for away teams to get points and the fans are a huge, huge part of that.

“It’s no coincidence that when they’ve been signing at the top of their voices, we’ve had good performances and have been getting good results.”

“Fingers crossed, we can get a bumper crowd in on Saturday and they can all appreciate what we’re putting on for them and what they’re seeing, and we can get the three points and gain a few more fans along the way.”

Those attending will be seeing pretty much the same team that defeated Eastleigh last Saturday, simply because Evatt doesn’t have many players available to him, with nine of his squad currently out injured.

“We’re just wrapping them in cotton wool every day, to be honest,” Evatt said.

“We’ve obviously had to taper training to suit the circumstance because we can’t afford any more injuries, it’s as simple as that.

“We’ve got to look after them, have our fingers crossed and hopefully Callum [Walters] and all the other physios can work their magic and try and get the other boys back and right as soon as possible.”