BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "'North End Soul - Keep the Faith' reads the T-shirt of one fan. 'We're going up' says the flags the players are waving about on the pitch. It's easy for them, their celebrating.

"Numerous Swindon players shake hands with their Preston counterparts and thank their fans for their support. The Robins have a young side who had lost this final before it even got started." 

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "The Preston team are heading back north after the match. One can only imagine that there will be a substantial celebration tonight.

"Nine previous play-off campaigns, nine previous failures might have left a veil of pessimism over the city when they failed to defeat Colchester on the last day of the regular season, but nobody in white is worrying about that right now."

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "Jermaine Beckford cockily winked at the camera as it went along the line during the anthems before kick-off. It wasn't mis-placed. Four attempts on target, three goals and some first class time-wasting/showboating before the striker picked up an injury.

"His work is done."

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "Moments before the fourth goal went in I was going to say that in some respects it felt a little flat.

"There was no edge or tension or anxiety about the place. Just a clock ticking down the minutes and a result that seemed cast in stone.

"Now it is just pure party time for the fans in white, who have quite rightly started to surmise that they are going up."  

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "Jermaine Beckford and Paul Gallagher are both out of contract with their parent clubs this summer. On the evidence of their performances this afternoon, PNE will want to keep the star loanees at the club next season. That would probably depend on them closing out this match."

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "Goal-kick, flick-on, one touch, another touch to turn the ball inside, a left-foot strike to curl the ball into the corner and off into the arms of Simon Grayson, the man Beckford loves to play for.

"You can almost feel the release of emotions from a PNE support that has known nothing but play-off misery. They believe. But do Swindon still believe they can pull off a miracle?"

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BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "Swindon, passing and probing, their fans trying to lift them. Preston, organised and tenacious, with a definite threat in the long, raking out-ball towards Jermaine Beckford. 

"The game has started to find a shape and pattern after its chaotic, bewildering start."

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "It is all chants of 'we are going up' now from Preston fans, who are bouncing up and down. If Swindon do not find some way to contain Paul Gallagher down the left then they are probably right. Two crosses, two goals. And yet still Swindon look so tidy in possession....."

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "Strange few minutes inside Wembley. The game had hardly started before it stopped for several minutes after PNE scored and Thompson was unfortunately stretchered off.

"The Preston fans and players had stopped celebrating and many of the team were gathered around the coaching staff, receiving instructions and having a drink. It was almost as though the first few minutes had been a dream."

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "Players stood around for what seemed like ages waiting for the match to finally start, while the fans of both sides started to find their voices.

"The obvious suspicion is that plenty of fans have been warming up very nicely indeed thank you throughout the afternoon. Seats not being fully utilised, shall we say."

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "Walking under the bridge by Wembley Park Station one is hit with chants of 'who are ya?' piped, confusingly, through subtle speakers.

"No doubt about the identity of the fans inside Wembley, with the ground divided into red and white. Everyone I've spoken to seems fairly confident - and most people seem to expect an exciting and open game.

"What nobody seems to want is a repeat of Saturday's penalty drama."  

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher at Wembley: "Preston signed midfielder Daniel Johnson from Aston Villa in January. He has scored eight goals and looks like a bargain at £50,000 - so much so that PNE fans have a song highlighting how little they paid for him.

"Swindon midfielder Ben Gladwin was playing for Marlow and working as a removal man before the Robins signed him 18 months ago. With eight goals in his last six matches, Gladwin has got Swindon on the move."