Barrow 0 AFC Telford 3
AFC Telford United travelled back from Cumbria with maximum points and finished with 10 men after two late goals led them to a 3-0 win at Barrow.
Liam Watson's side led through Mike Grogan's first-half strike and he added a second with 10 minutes to go.
Matthew McGinn was red carded late on, before Tony Gray scored with a free-kick.
Telford could have opened the scoring as early as the second minute and it was nearly disaster for home goalkeeper Tony McMillan.
His pass out went straight to Gray, who thought fast to swing a cross into strike partner Adam Farrell, who headed just wide of the target.
The Bucks' upper hand during the early exchanges was underlined when they broke the deadlock on 14 minutes, with more than a hint of offside to Grogan's first strike.
McMillan had redeemed himself with a terrific reaction save, as Farrell's headed towards goal from McGinn's cross.
The ball ran free for Grogan to smuggle the ball into the empty net and the midfielder immediately glanced towards the linesman, who kept his flag down as the goal stood.
Telford goalkeeper Ryan Young had his hands warmed by Duran Reynolds' shot back off the defensive wall on 18 minutes, but the shot-stopper was properly called into action on 29.
Paddy Lacey lifted a ball over the defence from just outside the box right onto the foot of striker Nick Rushton, but Young was on hand to parry the ball wide.
Barrow picked up the pace after the break and Young was nearly left red-faced 10 minutes into the second-half after dropping a corner in, only to grab hold of the ball under pressure from Lacey.
The hosts had the ball in the net on 65 minutes when Marcus Carver headed home Lacey's cross from the right, but the effort was chalked off for offside.
Danny O'Donnell then blazed what looked a good opportunity for Barrow over in the 68th minute, going for goal from 20 yards with the free ball after Carver and Parkinson got in each other's way.
McMillan's suspect approach top crosses almost got him back into trouble, too, with 12 minutes to go. Gray was again the willing recipient, spinning on the ball to shoot just wide.
Three points went into the bag with three minutes to go, when Grogan again got involved inside the box with a looping header into the net.
McGinn's dismissal in the last minute shouldn't have had much bearing on the result. He had already been booked for tripping Rushton on 80, before he was sent off for a tackle on Alex-Ray Harvey.
It mattered even less when Gray lashed in a free-kick two minutes into stoppage time, his set piece flashing under McMillan to add further credibility to the score-line.
