Barrow boss Murray plays down Harriers cup reunion

Barrow manager Adam Murray is playing down his side's reunion with his old club Kidderminster Harriers in the FA Cup. The sides have been drawn together in the second round of the competition, after both performed giant-killing acts in the first round. The Bluebirds won 1-0 at League Two Gillingham while Harriers thumped third-tier Doncaster Rovers 3-0 to set up the only all non-league tie of round two. Murray led Kidderminster to promotion from National League North last season, but left immediately after to take the manager's job at Barrow. He returned to Aggborough for a league game in August, which ended in a feisty 1-1 draw in a match that included eight bookings. "When the draw came out, I wasn't really bothered," Murray said to BBC Radio Cumbria. "The big thing for us is we're at home, we're playing a team at our level and, like they'll be thinking, it's an opportunity to go through to the next round." Barrow have not made the third round since 2022, while they will be trying to reach that stage as a non-league club for the first time in a decade. Murray added: "It's just another opponent for us that we want to beat, so we'll deal with that when we get to it." The Bluebirds have four league games before then as they look to maintain their fine form. They are now 10 games unbeaten in all competitions and sit just outside the play-offs with a trip to bottom-of-the-league Gateshead next up on Saturday (15:00 GMT). "We have to be at our max and go there with a mentality that we are facing top-of-the-league and make it all about us," said Murray. "That will be the focus."