Winning promotion from the National League may be the priority for Barrow AFC this season, but club captain Josh Granite believes the squad is strong enough for them to be challenging on two fronts.

The Bluebirds earned their first cup victory under manager Ian Evatt on Tuesday night, as their 2-0 win over Atherton Collieries booked a second round tie at home to FC United of Manchester tomorrow.

The Red Rebels are set to bring a large following up to Holker Street, where they will be facing a strong AFC line-up after Evatt made nine changes for the first round replay against the Colls.

That was to give most of the players who have helped Barrow to the top of the National League a rest, but there is belief that a trip to Wembley in the Trophy could also be on the cards this season.

Granite said: "I think they're a good side, FC United, I know a couple of their lads and they're good players. They've got a good set-up down there and they'll bring a few fans up, so it will be a good atmosphere.

"Whatever team the manager picks, whether that's the players who have been playing in the league or the lads who played on Tuesday night, we've got enough to go and get the result.

"We've just got to go and perform, play how we play with the patterns that we normally do and hopefully be a bit more prolific in the final third and in our box because I felt we gave up a couple of chances we shouldn't have done on Tuesday through the fault of the back three, including myself.

"We were just talking before that game that we were five games away from Wembley. Why can't we go and get promoted and get to Wembley this year? The squad's big enough and we're going to give it a go because we want to win every game of football."

Granite's first game of football in two months came against Atherton, after he managed to recover from a dislocated shoulder and broken collarbone well ahead of schedule.

The 27-year-old believes he's still some way from peak fitness, however, saying: "It felt unbelievable being back out there, but I was struggling.

"I need to train a lot to get fit and I need to get back sharp because I've had two months out and I've not been able to do a lot - I probably had five or six training sessions before playing on Tuesday night.

"I'm miles off where I want to be, but I know with a couple of weeks' training and hopefully a few more minutes I can get up to speed and help us achieve what we're trying to achieve at the club.

"I had a little setback in training when I first got back, which probably put me back a week, but I'm still miles ahead of schedule - it was just over eight weeks since I did my injury and I was told three to four months."