Sheffield Wednesday Dominic Iorfa Josh Windass Barry Bannan Championship Lee Gregory Ireland soccer Sport Sheffield Wednesday Dominic Iorfa Josh Windass Barry Bannan Championship Lee Gregory Ireland

Last gasp play-off final winner sends Sheffield Wednesday flying back to Championship

rte.ie

Sheffield Wednesday are heading back to the Championship following a two-year absence after they sealed the most dramatic of 1-0 victories over Barnsley in the League One play-off final.Josh Windass was the Owls hero - following in the footsteps of play-off final winning dad Dean - with the last action of extra-time as he dived in to breath-takingly head home Lee Gregory's pinpoint cross.More than 40,000 ecstatic Owls celebrated wildly at the death after their team had finally seen off a gutsy Barnsley side who had played with 10 men following Adam Phillips' 49th minute red card.Wembley was again bathed in sunshine as the Owls made the more purposeful start.Barry Bannan saw an early volley deflected wide after the Barnsley defence failed to clear Windass' low cross.From the resultant corner, unmarked defender Dominic Iorfa fired in an effort which Harry Isted palmed away superbly.Barnsley, who had done the double over the Owls in the regular campaign, threatened first when Phillips blazed over after meeting Slobodan Tedic's perfect cushioned header.As the half-hour mark approached, both sides seemed to have settled somewhat amid the white-hot atmosphere, but goalmouth incident was proving elusive.Another decent Barnsley opportunity then went begging.Republic of Ireland Under-21 midfielder Luca Connell's corner was only half-cleared by Bannan, straight into the path of Nicky Cadden, who again smashed wastefully over the top from 15 yards.Michael Duff's men, who had barely half the amount of supporters inside the stadium compared to Wednesday, ended the first period just about on top.With defences largely on top, both sides needed to step it up in the second period.However, a huge potential turning point came four minutes

Related News
With just one round remaining in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship's group stages, the script is far from written in this year's race for the Sam Maguire Cup.
Claudio Ranieri led Cagliari to a dramatic Serie A return on Sunday, after Leonardo Pavoletti’s stoppage-time goal sealed victory over Bari in their playoff final.
Luton captain Tom Lockyer is due to be discharged from hospital following his collapse during the Championship play-off final at Wembley. Lockyer went down off the ball in the early stages of the contest before being stretchered off. Ad Luton went on to gain promotion to the Premier League with a penalty shootout victory over Coventry.
Republic of Ireland international Sean Maguire has been released by Coventry City just three days after the Sky Blues' Premier League dream ended with penalty heartache in the Championship play-off final.
Premier League new boys Luton haven’t forgotten the part former Maidstone trio John Still, Hakan Hayrettin and Terry Harris played in their success.

Latest News

Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.