Gavin Kilkenny was pleased that Swindon Town demonstrated an ability to grind out results as they defeated Barrow 2-1 at home.

Swindon moved eight points clear of the bottom two, albeit having played twice more, as they defeated a Barrow side on a slide.

Nnamdi Ofoborh slammed home from range to open the scoring after eight minutes before Harry Smith eliminated any nerves as he won a duel with the goalkeeper to double the lead in the last five minutes.

After the game, Kilkenny spoke about how pleased he was that Swindon pulled off a different kind of victory than their previous ones in a strong run at home.

He said: "I think that we did grind out the win and I think it is important we were able to do that.

"A lot of the home wins that we have had have been really good, against Fleetwood [Town] and Grimsby [Town], we got our noses in front quite early and got into a position where we knew it would be difficult to lose.

"So, I think it was a good thing to be 1-0 up and just feel that we can stay 1-0 up and win the game, obviously we did get the second at the end.

"I think that it is important for us to feel like we can grind wins out and we don't necessarily have to win by three goals, like against Newport [County], Grimsby, and Fleetwood.

"Getting two clean sheets in a row is important, we haven't been able to do that this season.

"All teams are built on a solid foundation, we have good attacking players who can do stuff on the ball and we have good defenders too but we haven't always got the clean sheets."

Since losing against Morecambe at home in November, Swindon have become almost untouchable on their home territory, winning four of their five games and drawing the other against then-second-place Crewe Alexandra.

Kilkenny said: "I think that it has been really good and there was a stage where our home form wasn't great.

"I think that Fleetwood was a turning point in the sense that we haven't lost a home game since then, other than in the cup.

"It is important to make your home a fortress and that is a credit to the fans and to the players for making it difficult when teams come here.

"It is important for us that the home form is a foundation to go on and win more games."