The League Paper

Run-in can be so useful for Gareth

by
Guy Branston
26 February 2023

The Football League Paper says...

IT WOULD be difficult for even the most passionate Wycombe Wanderers fan to begrudge Gareth Ainsworth taking the manager’s job at QPR. After serving the Chairboys as a player with distinction, he managed them for a decade and led them from League Two all the way to the Championship. True, he couldn’t keep the Adams Park club in the second tier, but they gave it a real go against clubs with far greater resources at their disposal.
Now, with his 50th birthday approaching in May, he has decided it’s time to return to the Championshi...

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