Curtis Fleming admitted his future was uncertain after starting his spell as Bristol City’s interim head coach with a 1-0 victory over 10-man Sheffield Wednesday.
The Irishman stepped up to replace sacked manager Nigel Pearson, but has no intention of putting his name forward as a permanent replacement.
Rob Dickie’s close-range strike from Tommy Conway’s 64th-minute cross was enough to secure the points against opponents reduced to 10 men after 32 minutes when Barry Bannan was shown a straight red card for fouling Jason Knight on the edge of the box.
Fleming hailed it as “a huge win at the end of an emotional week” before admitting he had no idea what the future held for him.
“I am just taking things day by day,” he said. “I will enjoy a glass of beer tonight and then see what the club’s plans are going forward.
“If it proves my only game in charge, at least I will have a 100 per cent record!
“It has been a tough few days, losing friends who have left and trying to prepare the players for what we knew was going to be a massive game for us.
“You try to paint pictures for them in training, but those pictures can change when the lads are performing in front of 20,000 people.
“I tried to tweak a few things and some worked better than others. We can play better, but sometimes the result is more important than the performance.
“What I couldn’t fault was the effort of the players. The last five minutes seemed to go on forever. But in the end we have the three points and that’s great.
“It makes such a difference in a tightly-packed table. Now we can look forward positively to the next game.”
City should have gone two up after 72 minutes when Conway shot against a post and Sam Bell somehow contrived to hit the other upright from the rebound.
After that it took a brilliant Max O’Leary save from substitute Ashley Fletcher to prevent Wednesday from equalising.
Owls boss Danny Rohl said: “After the red card I saw a team on the pitch who were giving everything.
“I am so proud of them. We had three or four chances to equalise and deserved something from the game.
“I didn’t think Barry deserved his red card. It was a foul, but we had two defenders covering, so it was not a clear scoring chance.
“Bristol City are a strong side, who press high, but we feel a bit unlucky today.
“Things tend to go against you when you are at the wrong end of the table.
“Now we have to recover and move on. We know we need wins, but I saw so much to please me.
“In my short time at the club I have seen players with the right mentality for a fight.
“At the moment things are not going our way, but if we continue to create chances that will change.
“It’s about maintaining a belief and conviction that results will come and I am seeing that in training and matches.
“We have to keep working hard to reward our fans, who were fantastic today.”
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