Gareth Ainsworth speaks: “The better team won today,” the Wycombe manager tells Sky Sports. “I can’t stand here and pretend we were better than Sunderland but I thought at 1-0 there was a few nerves from them and we had a couple of good chances, but they’ve got some good players. congratulations Sunderland, you deserve to be in the Championship next season.
“As for us, we’ll go again. We’ll dust ourselves down. I’ve got a really good set of boys and I’m very, very proud of them. Today was Sunderland’s day and sometimes it goes that way.”
That is an entirely predictable and generous show of magnanimity from one of football’s nicest, most lovely men. And on that note, with congratulations to Sunderland and commiserations to Ainsworth and his players, we’ll draw the curtain on this report.
Match report: Sunderland 2-0 Wycombe Wanderers
League One playoff final: “Sunderland got over the line against Wycombe to end their four-year exile from the Championship, courtesy of goals from Elliot Embleton and Ross Stewart,” writes Ben Fisher from Wembley Stadium.
