Rob Kelly has demanded Barrow AFC keep their foot to the floor in their survival bid and insisted it’s not over yet.

The Bluebirds are in sight of securing their EFL status after another positive spell on the pitch.

Another good weekend – Barrow go to Leyton Orient tomorrow – could make the chances of Kelly’s side being caught by the bottom two even more remote.

But the caretaker boss is refusing to allow anyone to believe the job is done despite Barrow sitting nine points above the relegation zone with just six games to go.

“It’s not done yet,” he said. “I’m stressing that.

“This is a strange season – there’s never been a season like it. We have to keep the foot to the metal.

“We can’t get too far ahead of ourselves.

“To get four points from the last two games was really important to put us in a better position than we were at the start of the week – but that’s all it is.

“Nobody here is getting carried away. We’ve got a lot of work to do.”

Last weekend’s draw with Carlisle, followed by Tuesday’s excellent win over Exeter, showcased Barrow’s increased resilience under Kelly.

They have lost just twice in 10 games and it will take a remarkable run by those beneath them to drag the Bluebirds back into the mire now.

Kelly has been impressed with the resolve and commitment of his players and wants exactly the same at Orient tomorrow, in a game that kicks off at the earlier than normal time of 12.30pm.

That is because 3pm games tomorrow have been moved to avoid a clash with the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.

Kelly added: “We have six games to go and this will be another tough one.

“Orient have been on a good run, they’re still in with a chance of the play-offs. We’ll take care of what we can do knowing we have to repeat it again.

“We seem to have run into form teams lately, but you have to play everybody twice and, while we would have wanted six points, four’s a good return from Carlisle and Exeter.

“It’s been good for me to face some of the good, up-and-coming British managers in this league like [Exeter’s] Matt Taylor and [Carlisle’s] Chris Beech, as well as Michael Duff at Cheltenham and Mike Flynn at Newport.

“They are doing good jobs and their teams have been in good form, and it’s been a good challenge for us.

“People talk about quality in the game but it depends what quality looks like. I think spirit endeavour, organisation, hunger, desire – that, to me, is quality.

“It’s lovely to be stringing 25 passes together and scoring great goals, I like all that, but it has no more value to me than the other things.”