Big Interview: Gareth Ainsworth
By Chris Dunlavy

Gareth Ainsworth, longball merchant. It’s an objection raised whenever the 50-year-old is linked with a job, and it’s one of the few things that genuinely riles this most positive and upbeat of characters.
“Of course it gets on my nerves,” admits Ainsworth, whose turbulent recent spell at QPR was preceded by ten-and-a-half years of unprecedented success at Wycombe that brought three Wembley finals and two promotions, the second of which saw the Chairboys spend the 2020-21 season in the Championship.
“You get tagged with a certain style, do...