BARROW AFC head coach Stephen Clemence wants the Bluebirds to bring the noise tomorrow.

The Bluebirds boss says the fans have been brilliant since day one, and he wants to give them every reason to keep cheering.

By his own mission it’s been a tough time for the Cumbrians since they headed off to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Defeat to the Premier League side in the Carabao Cup, was followed by two further away days in League Two – Gillingham and Doncaster Rovers – both of which ended in defeat.

Now they are back on home turf when Cheltenham Town are the visitors.

Clemence says everyone is eager to get back to Holker Street, which is again proving something of a fortress for the Bluebirds.

He told The Mail: “We’re looking forward to getting back in front of our fans.

“We are hoping they can be our 12th man and really drive the boys on.

“We know that we’ve go to bring a performance to get the crowd with us if you like, but if we do that and the crowd go with it then I think we will make it a difficult day for Cheltenham.

“It’s only two weeks ago since we were there, and we were all feeling really positive about things.

“We’d just beaten Newport, we were going off to play Chelsea, and it was a really great day for our supporters.

“Now we are going to have to bring that sort of performance again, like we did against Newport.

“We’ve got to remember that we have made a good start.

“And we know if we make a good start to the game and get after teams like we have done up until now at Holker Street, and we create chances off the back of that, then I fully expect the fans will be with us and get right behind the team and make it difficult for Cheltenham.

“I’m sure they will do that. I’ve got no doubts about it.”

Clemence isn’t too worried about his squad’s recent away form or recent results.

He added: “We’ve had three tough away fixtures.

“Obviously, it doesn’t get any tougher for us than Chelsea.

“Then we go to Gillingham and Doncaster and yeah OK we lose the games, but we definitely weren’t out played on the road

“What it has showed me is that those two teams we have just played will be among the favourites in this division to go up, and I think we can more than compete with them on our day.

“We’ve got 16 points for the first nine games, if we can win tomorrow, which will be a tough game, of course they all are, then we will be in a very good position in terms of points and in the league table.”