Irvine pleased with PNE progress

North End beat QPR on a dramatic final day of the season to set up a two-legged play-off semi-final against Sheffield United. The Blades won 2-1 on aggregate to ensure Preston's 48-year wait for a return to English football's top flight continued. However, Irvine said: "It was a very disappointing way for it all to end but it would have probably been more disappointing if it had ended against Queens Park Rangers. "I have to put all that into perspective and I have to realise that overall it has been a very good season."

Source: Team_Talk