BARROW AFC aren’t in League Two to just make up the numbers according to last season’s star striker Scott Quigley - who believes the Holker Street men have the potential to climb the divisions.

Quigley bagged 20 league goals last season, playing a huge part in firing the Bluebirds back into the Football League for the first time in 48 years.

He has been impressed with how fresh his fellow team mates have been in the two weeks since training resumed, and he has high hopes for the upcoming campaign.

He said he isn’t just looking at surviving relegation but is looking at how high the club can go.

And the former Blackpool forward insists there is no reason why a club such as Barrow can’t emulate the likes of Fleetwood Town, and climb up the leagues.

He said: “The main thing I said when I signed my new deal is that I don’t just want to be happy being in the league. We’re not here to just make up the numbers.

“Why can’t we go and do a Fleetwood, look what they did when they climbed the leagues. There have been a lot of examples.

“I won’t just be satisfied next season with just staying up. We have signed some real quality players on top of the core of the squad that are already here.

“The squad and the staff are all pulling in the right direction.

“We’ve come back really fresh after the Covid-19 break which is great. Lads haven’t really been able to go on holiday, so they’ve come back fresh and training has been really good.”

New boss David Dunn has already started to put his own stamp on the National League champions, by bringing in a host of new signings.

Manchester United academy graduate Callum Gribbin and Northern Ireland under 21 international Bobby Burns are just two of the new faces to arrive at Holker Street.

Dunn recently insisted that the Bluebirds players had six weeks to impress him, and Quigley believes the arrival of the new manager after the title success means everyone is on an even footing for next season.

The striker added: “The lads are well on board with everything the gaffer has done so far.

“We played good football last year on the way to winning the league, and I know the manager wants to play that way too.

“He wants to play in the right way. He has been great with all of us, and it is a clean slate really. He isn’t a manager who has favourites or someone who will play his mates.

“Everyone is going to be given the opportunity and a chance to impress, and to fight for their place in the starting line-up.”