Barrow 2 Radcliffe Borough 0: KEVIN Glendon is hoping to sign Gregor Rioch on loan before Radcliffe Borough's Unibond Premier Division home match against Runcorn FC Halton on Tuesday (7.45pm).

The former Hull, Macclesfield and Northwich midfielder, son of ex-Wanderers manager Bruce Rioch, is currently at Conference side Shrewsbury.

Glendon is keen to bolster has squad following centre-half Terry Bowker's return to Stalybridge Celtic at the end of his loan spell.

Borough put up a good fight on Saturday but lost 2-0 at Barrow, who recorded their ninth successive home win.

Barrow went ahead with a 29th-minute Jon Arnold penalty.

Borough nearly equalised a couple of times, before Neil Campbell's deflected half-volley sealed victory for the Cumbrians in the 77th minute.

Atherton Collieries slipped deeper into relegation trouble after losing 2-1 at Ramsbottom United in the North West Counties League First Division.

Iain Dyson and Matt Swailes put Ramsbottom two up in the first quarter of an hour. Mark Jones pulled a goal back midway through the first half, but Collieries could not find an equaliser despite a strong show.

A late goal condemned Atherton LR to a 1-0 home defeat against Fleetwood Town. In Division Two, Daisy Hill lost 2-0 at home to Formby.