After drinking far to much on Easter Sunday I found myself in a positive mood this morning. After reading in the Sun that we could be relegated today that positive mood changed slightly into a feeling of dread. Surely we can't go down today was my thought so I was quite nervous flicking between the Blackburn v Huddersfield game, the repeat of Smackdown and Flash Gordon the movie.

Thankfully the day had begun well, Huddersfield lost 2-0, Flash Gordon saved the earth from Ming and HHH lost the intercontintal title to Jeff Hardy so a good start to the day. As I left home for Loftus Road the ITV movie started and the Great Escape tune blasted out from the television. I laughed to myself on the way out at how appropriate that was considering this could be the start of our great escape.

Still I knew defeat or even a draw would see us down so I was still pretty nervous upon arriving at the ground. Just one change to the side which drew on Saturday, Rose out injured so in came Darlington to right back with Bignot going into midfield.

Both teams started quite nervously with Tranmere looking dangerous with free kicks whilst we looked good going down the right with Knight and Darlington. Our first chance came from a free kick which Bruce hit just wide and Crouch and Thomson were causing problems up front. Tranmere had a good chance to score after the referee made the first of many bizarre decisions.

A free kick was given against Knight and despite taking it quickly the ref booked Knight for not going back ten yards and moved the free kick ten yards forward. The free kick was well saved by Harper but someone should have got Crouch to stand in that wall to make it more difficult for them to hit the target.

The goal we all wanted came after about fifteen minutes, some good work wide ended with Peacock putting a cross in, Crouch got a head on the ball and knocked down for Thomson and he finished well for 1-0.

After that we looked pretty good for ten minutes as we passed the ball well and got ourselves in some good positions but didn't get that crucial second goal. Tranmere continued to look dangerous from set pieces but we held on until half time without any major problems and not many would argue at this stage that we were watching two very poor sides at Loftus Road.

Second half we started half asleep as ever, a corner was whipped in and Allen should have done better but headed over. The Rangers fans suddenly found their voices with a prolonged Holloways Blue and White army and the Great Escape tune bellowed out but we were starting to look nervy at the back.

We did look dangerous on the counter attack though with the front two linking well together and the pace of Knight a real threat to Tranmere. It was at this stage that the referee and linesman seemed to lose the plot giving some of the most outrageous offside decisions I have seen in a long time and the game became very stop start as he blew for everything.

One offside he gave was quite unbelievable as Thomson put Knight in and he scored but who he gave offside was a mystery but it meant we still had a lot to do. We started to show some more belief as Tranmere looked very poor defensively and soon Crouch was put clean through only to be brought down by the last man. No red card was shown although it should have been and the free kick was wasted.

It was much better though Crouch found himself through again but this time was onside and had nooone close enough to kick him, Rodders composed himself and finished very well to send us into ecstasy and a certain three points. It should have been more as Crouch won a header fair and square and nodded onto Thomson who scored but that was given as a foul although the keeper was nowhere near it so how Crouch fouled him is again a strange decision.

The ref and linesman continued to make some crazy decisions and why this man is allowed to ref at this level of football is a disgrace, he should be sent down to non league for performances like this as he was truly awful for both sides. Tranmere did have a few chances to get back in the game as we went to sleep at corners giving them free headers and one goal conceded at this stage would have probably seen us collapse.

Thankfully we stayed solid and held on without too many more problems to give Ian Holloway his first win as manager and give us a chance of surviving on a day when we could have been relegated. Life is certainly not dull being a QPR fan this season.

Harper: A pretty good game from Lee, his kicking was a lot better and he made some good saves 7/10

Darlington: His best game for a while, improved as the game wore on and linked well with Knight. 7/10

Baraclough: Always making himself available for a quick throw out and defended well. He also got forward well and covered for the centre half's when ever he was needed. 8/10

Ready: Not a great game for Ready, he made a few mistakes but was up against a very physical Tranmere attack and dealt with that well. 6/10

Plummer: Some excellent tackles from Plummer and he has been one of the few success stories of an otherwise disappointing season. 7/10

Knight: A real threat today and played his best game so far. A real shame he couldn't get the goal he deserved. 8/10

Bignot: Excellent in midfield, worked so hard and never gives in. He is the kind of player opposition fans hate and he really gets stuck in and has so much ability he is a brilliant signing. 8/10

Peacock: Very frustrating, he gave the ball away a lot but did give his all in midfield and did sit back a bit in the second half to allow Knight and Bignot to get forward. 7/10

Bruce: I don't want to be harsh on Bruce as he was getting loads of stick again today. He had an OK game and in all fairness to Holloway he has noone else better equipped to fill this role and Bruce is giving it his best shot. 6/10

Crouch: He caused Tranmere a lot of problems and linked well with Thomson. He took his goal very well and will have impressed the watching scouts. 8/10 T

homson: Worked very hard and as I said before linked well with Crouch. Another real bargain from Holloway and without his goals we'd be down by now. 8/10