The road that leads to Barrow's Holker Street ground is the longest cul-de-sac in the country, but unfortunately for Torquay United it didn't prove to be the route to their first three points of the season.
Just when it looked as though James Gray's second goal of the campaign on six minutes would be enough to get Gary Owers' reign as manager off to a winning start. However, Byron Harrison broke Torquay hearts as he netted in the 90th minute to deny United what would have been a badly needed three points.
Gray got the Gulls off to a dream start when he drilled home from six yards following good work from Luke Young, but a makeshift United - that lost Ryan Higgins to illness in the warm-up and George Dowling and Jon-Paul Pittman to injury during the course of the 90 minutes - couldn't quite hold on to seal victory.
The game also saw Owers blood two new signings in the form of Callum Evans, who joined on loan from Forest Green Rovers, and former Bristol City winger Jennison Myrie-Williams. Evans started the game as a holding midfielder, he can also play as a full-back, and Myrie-Williams came on as a substitute for Pittman.
Before the match, the target for Owers and his assistant Martin Kuhl was 48 points from 36 matches now that objective has changed to 47 from 35 games - starting with next Saturday's visit by Macclesfield Town to Plainmoor.
