Graham Coughlan says he is proud of his Bristol Rovers players after they secured their League One safety.
The Gas drew 0-0 with Fleetwood Town and the point, combined with results elsewhere, was enough to guarantee their safety with a game to spare.
It is a turnaround from when Coughlan took over at Rovers in December, and the manager says it is job done.
He said: "The job I was given was to stay in the division.
"We were four points adrift when I took over and have had a massive swing - there's four or five teams below us that were above us when we took over.
"I am relieved, I am happy and I'm proud as well to be honest.
"Let's be honest, we could be stood here tonight and I could have the whole of Bristol Rovers on my case because we've gone down, but I haven't, we've kept the team in the division.
"Not just me but the players and the staff have all worked immensely and thoroughly hard for the cause.
"I'm proud of the boys."
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Coughlan also revealed he was unaware that Rovers were safe until the final whistle.
He said: "I didn't know to be honest, I looked up to the wife and the kids and I think they went through it with me as well to be honest.
"It was only when the fans behind the goal started singing 'we are staying up' that it dawned on us.
"I looked across to Martyn Starnes who gave us the thumbs up and was fist pumping - I knew then because Martyn doesn't normally do that or get too excited.
"I knew from that point on that we'd achieved something this season."
