QPR secure Championship survival after win at Stoke

QPR secured Championship football for next season after they beat Stoke City 1-0 on Saturday.

Albert Adomah’s strike in the 48th minute was the difference as QPR picked up back-to-back wins for the first time since Gareth Ainsworth replaced Neil Critchley.

The west Londoners moved four points clear of the bottom three, with just one game left to play of the campaign.

Speaking with BBC Radio London, Ainsworth said: “The efforts and the belief that the boys have given me; I can’t single anyone out because every single one of them was brilliant.

“Every single one of my players deserves to be a Championship player next year – if not higher – and I’m looking forward to working with them again.

“[This club] means everything to me. The Hoops were an absolute honour to wear and now I’m too old and too knackered to get them on, so I put 11 boys out there who can give the same amount of commitment that I did as a player – and more.

“Hopefully we can keep moving this club moving forward because it has been through the mill and the expectation level is all over the place. We need to reset and to be able to do that in the Championship next year is amazing for me.”