Promotion party is all in the past for Holloway

Ian Holloway today urged his players to forget about promotion and concentrate on making sure last season's efforts don't go to waste.

The Queens Park Rangers manager is keen to move quickly out of the starting blocks at home to Rotherham tomorrow.

"We all know how promotion felt, we've experienced it all summer," Holloway said. "But now we're back to reality. We are going to be playing teams that enjoy a much bigger budget than we do and it will be tough."

Holloway admits club finances make it unrealistic to target promotion to the Premiership.

But he said: "Even if the season is just one where we don't go down, we're moving forward."

New signings George Santos and Lee Cook should make their debuts while Matthew Rose is likely to replace the injured Marc Bircham in midfield in a match for which a further 800 tickets have been put on sale.

Rangers had to suspend sales earlier this week after it emerged that stewards employed by the club's new security company, CES, did not have the necessary safety certificates.

But following negotiations, QPR have been allowed to increase the capacity to nearly 15,000.