BARROW boss Mark Cooper has urged the club’s faithful fans to stick with the process after coming from behind to beat Newport County 2-1 on Friday night.

The Bluebirds battled back after a mistake allowed Finn Aziz to open the scoring in the 10th minute at Holker Street.

But super second-half strikes from Josh Kay and Jordan Gordon did the damage for a fine three points.

“Obviously the goal early on was difficult for us,” admitted Cooper.

“It zapped a bit of our energy which I understand.

“The fans were a bit apprehensive and I understand that.

“If you’re going to try and play with the ball then you’re going to make mistakes, that’s part of the process.

“The way I want to play - those mistakes will happen and that’s down to me.

“I asked my goal-keeper to do that, obviously not pass it to them. But I ask him to take risks.

“What happens in the second half is a byproduct of that.

“You have a lot of the ball that you can dominate an opposition and pen a really good team in for long periods of time.”

The welcome victory got the hosts back to winning ways after last weekend’s credible draw at Bradford City and losing a five-goal thriller against Colchester United the last time they were at home.

But most importantly it gave the home fans something to sing and dance about after four games without a win at Holker Street.

“It was important that we got three points,” stressed Cooper. “It’s a great win.

“It seems as though it was hard work to get the three points at one point.

“You can only beat what’s in front of you and we’ve beat a really good team tonight.

“It was a fine second-half performance. We played some fantastic football.

“We want to be a proper football team, that’s how I’ve always wanted my football teams to play.

“We don’t want to be a run of the mill League Two team.

“The easiest thing in the world to do is keep booting the ball down the pitch.

“But we’ve got some real technicians who can play with the ball, who can pick passes.

“Sometimes you need to feel a little bit of discomfort. Sometimes it’s a bit edgy, but the rewards can be very big.

“Sometimes you get a punch on the nose with it and we did in that game, but the players responded brilliantly.

“The way we played in the second half with the tempo we had, I think the fans want us to play like that rather than booting the ball down the pitch.

“They are an educated bunch here at Barrow after Ian Evatt had them playing some good football.”