Barrow AFC manager Ian Evatt is hoping there won’t be a repeat of the fixture scheduling that led to his players having to make marathon journeys to Torquay and Dagenham & Redbridge within a matter of days.

Evatt was speaking after the Bluebirds managed to round off a gruelling week with a deserved 2-0 victory against the Daggers, which came despite a growing injury list.

With Sam Hird already out, AFC lost Brad Barry during the warm-up and were forced to bring off Dior Angus and Matt Platt during the course of an otherwise successful evening in East London.

Evatt is not happy his team had to undergo two 300-mile plus trips in such quick succession and believes it has contributed to the treatment room become much busier in the past week.

He said: “We wanted to right a few wrongs tonight. We are pretty much at the bare bones now we’re picking up injuries and I must say the National League have to look at this.

“My players – we’ve a small squad and a small budget – have had to travel to Torquay on the Saturday, play in atrocious conditions, come back, get on the coach again and travel down to Dagenham on a Tuesday night.

“Meanwhile, Dagenham have had two home games and Torquay have had two home games.

“It’s not good for players and my players have probably picked up a few injuries tonight for that reason and it’s something we need to look at, as a league, to make it more equal and share the travelling about a bit because it’s hard work.”

Goals from the strike pairing of Angus and Scott Quigley inside the first 25 minutes at Victoria Road gave the Bluebirds a solid base from which they never foundered, despite the injuries.

Evatt was especially pleased with how his team managed the game in the second half, a skill in which they were lacking in the opening month of the season, particularly on the road.

“Again, I’m immensely proud of the effort, the commitment and desire they’ve shown to win a football match,” Evatt said.

“We also showed a lot of quality, especially in the first half. I thought the two goals were excellently worked.

“We played through them, played through the lines, got it wide, worked on a near post run and it was a great finish from Dior. Then for the second one, a bit of intricacy, with Patrick Brough stepping into midfield and finding a pass, then a quick one-two around the box and it was in the back of the net.

“I thought we managed to game excellently in the second half – they were very direct, very physical, but we stood up really well.”