For most of Barrow AFC’s players, the chance to play within themselves in the closing stages of their 3-0 win against Solihull Moors was most welcome, but it was a frustrating period for striker Jack Hindle.

Last season’s top scorer has forced his way back into the plans of Bluebirds manager Ian Evatt in recent weeks after going through a period where he couldn’t get in the matchday squad through a lack of form.

He showed signs that he is getting back into his stride by scoring twice in last week’s Lancashire Senior Cup tie against Oldham Athletic and he was keen to impress again when he came on against Solihull last Saturday, especially with the visitors down to ten men.

Unfortunately for Hindle, the game died a death while he was on, with a dull finish something of a rarity for AFC this season after some of the fraught endings they had previously been a part of.

Hindle said: “Obviously it couldn’t be better when you’ve got them like that at 3-0 down, although personally I think you should keep putting them under pressure and win by six or seven.

“We’re good enough to do it, I just don’t think we managed the last 20 minutes well. Some of the lads will be happy with that, but lads like myself weren’t too pleased.

“Obviously, I want to come on and make an impact every time. I managed to do that at times last season, so for me it was a bit annoying, but we got three points and we’ll move on to Ebbsfleet this weekend.”

It was certainly a quieter finale for Hindle than the previous week’s match at Aldershot where he had a soft penalty awarded against him as Alefe Santos went down under his challenge in stoppage time, with the Bluebirds protecting a 2-1 lead.

Hindle said: “It was one of those things about game management. I’ve not touched him, he’s backed in a bit and he’s sold the ref, hasn’t he?

“It was one of them, but thankfully Joel [Dixon] got me out of the mess and it put us on the mark on Saturday to get back-to-back wins.”

Midfielder John Rooney was once again Barrow’s star performer at the weekend, as he continued his recent knack of scoring from kicks by converting two more of them in the first half at Holker Street.

“John’s got that in his locker and we see that in training all the time,” Hindle said, adding: “He’s technically very good and he’s one of our senior players and that’s what he can bring for us.

“He puts that hard work in at training and it’s no surprise to see it come off in games.”