Parkinson confident, but cautious as Wrexham rise

The man who steered the Hollywood-owned Wrexham to three promotions in a row warns there will be no loss of focus after a significant jump up the table.

Phil Parkinson celebrates Wrexham's win at QPR
Phil Parkinson has led Wrexham to three promotions, from the National League to the second tier [Getty Images]

Phil Parkinson insists Wrexham have the belief they can stay in the Championship play-off places after entering the top six for the first time this season.

But the man who steered the Hollywood-owned club to three promotions in a row warned there will be no loss of focus after a significant jump up the table.

A breathtaking injury-time at Loftus Road saw the north Wales side move into the sixth as goals from Josh Windass and Ollie Rathbone completed a 3-2 comeback win over QPR.

It is not only the highest Wrexham have been since moving up to the Championship last summer, but the highest they have been at this stage of a season in the club's history.

Given the dramatic nature of the win, Parkinson said it would be remiss for players and fans not to enjoy the moment.

But he said: "It's where you are at the end of the season that matters.

"Everyone can see it's so tight and that's why you can't get too low and you can't get too high.

"I know that's an old saying, but the minute you take your eye the ball in this division, you can find yourself tumbling down the league.

"There's so many teams that fancy their chances of getting in that top six. Of course we've got belief we can do it, but it's important we keep our focus - which we will do."

Wrexham had been set to drop to 12th before their Loftus Road late, late show. Defeat would have meant just one point from their past three games having lost at home to Norwich a week ago and then conceding late on against Leicester in midweek.

"Before we played Norwich, maybe it got a bit carried away about what can be achieved and we took one point from two home games," said Parkinson.

"In reality the performances deserved a lot more and we got written off a bit. Now we've won here, we're not going to get carried away and start talking about where we could go and what we can do.

"We've just got to keep our heads down and concentrate in each to every game."

Wrexham will have the chance to build on their third success away win when they head to bottom side Sheffield Wednesday next weekend.

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