Barrow 3-2 Chester

Barrow survived a Chester fightback to win an entertaining five-goal thriller at Holker Street.

The Bluebirds made the breakthrough on 37 minutes when Chester old boy Ross Hannah capitalised on a poor back-pass by Elliott Durrell before rounding goalkeeper Liam Roberts to put his side in front.

Just two minutes later, Jordan Williams headed in a second after Roberts failed to parry Liam Hughes' shot to safety.

Williams remained on fire after the break, cutting inside before unleashing a spectacular third, on 57 minutes .

But Chester got themselves back into the contest with two goals in three second-half minutes.

James Akintunde slid in to pull one back after a goalmouth scramble, before setting up Theo Vassell to halve the deficit - but Barrow held on for maximum points to climb to 12th in the early-season table.