Championship play-off final: Relive how Huddersfield Town won promotion

Summary

Huddersfield won 4-3 on pens after 0-0 draw at Wembley
Huddersfield into top flight for first time since 1972
Moore and Obita failed with spot-kicks for Reading
Reading set for fifth successive year in Championship

Live Reporting

Phil Shepka

Dealing with a Royal losspublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Adam Whitty
BBC Berkshire
Reading have had two chances to reach the Premier League via the play-offs, they have lost both.
In fact, they have have never won a play-off final in their history. But it is even more painful to come so agonisingly close to the top flight.
The suffering began with a 4-3 loss against Bolton Wanderers in 1995, a game which is particularly gutting considering they had led 2-0.
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Shaka Hislop was the dejected goalkeeper when Reading lost to Bolton in 1995
"We expected to win, and we should have won," Ron Grant, the Royals kit-man from 1992-2009 told BBC Radio Berkshire.
"Everything was tinged with an element of sadness, because we had lost such a big game."
Then came 2011. Reading were 3-0 down at half time to Brendan Rodgers' Swansea. Despite a spirited comeback, they lost 4-2.
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Reading fans had a miserable time of it in 2011
"For the neutral it was probably one of the best play-off finals of all time," says Matt Mills, the Royals captain that day.
"Losing that game was probably the lowest point in my career."
Now, they have a third chance to turn heartbreak to ecstasy, the question is, will they take it?
The moment Huddersfield reached Wembleypublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
After more than three hours of football over two legs, Huddersfield Town and Sheffield Wednesday had to settle their Wembley place on penalties.
Huddersfield Town commentator Paul Ogden alongside summariser and former Town 'keeper Matt Glennon watch the shoot-out.
This is the reaction to the moment the Terriers booked their place in the Championship play-off final.
Can Reading lift their Wembley hoodoo?published at 12:26 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Adam Whitty
BBC Berkshire
The word 'Wembley' would be enough to send shudders down the spines of Reading fans.
The Royals have never won a play-off final in their history... can they break the curse today?
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Reading have never won a play-off final in three attempts. Will this Monday be different?
Huddersfield Town fans cutting it finepublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Terriers fan Matthew Burton is on his way back to the UK from Romania to get to the final at Wembley.
The teacher, who you may remember from the Channel 4 show Educating Yorkshire, is now the club's Schools Ambassador.
Good job that flight wasn't delayed, Mr Burton...
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Huddersfield Town boss on 'fairytale' seasonpublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Paul Ogden
Huddersfield Town commentator, BBC Radio Leeds
Thousands of Huddersfield Town fans are heading south to Wembley today.
The club had just over 39,000 tickets to the game and they were down to the last few on Friday when ticket sales ended.
The manager David Wagner, who has masterminded the Terriers' rise up the table, says that this season is a 'fairytale' for football fans.
In his pre-match press conference he was asked if his team were favourites:
Reading's biggest fan gets surprise trip to Wembleypublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Adam Whitty
BBC Berkshire
Olga has been supporting Reading for 70 years.
The first match she saw was on 4 September 1946, which incidentally was The Royals' biggest ever win - a 10-2 victory against Crystal Palace.
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Reading's longest known supporter, Olga, is going to Wembley, thanks to Radio Berkshire.
You would think, surely then, that any game you would see after that would be a disappointment. Apparently not...
She will be at Wembley today, as a special guest of BBC Radio Berkshire. Hear the moment she found out she was coming, and her predictions for today.
You can't look past the wig, can you?published at 12:13 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
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Memories are made of thispublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Fans from either side are beginning to arrive at the national stadium.
Walking down Wembley Way has a funny way of bringing back memories...
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Budding soothsayers go for Terriers winpublished at 12:02 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
BBC Radio Leeds
BBC Radio Leeds is broadcasting live from 12:00-13:30 opposite the Huddersfield Town fan zone if any Terriers supporters fancy heading down to say hi.
This bunch are adamant it's going to be 1-0 Huddersfield, with Nahki Wells bagging the winner after 69 minutes and 34 seconds.
Bit vague for our standards, really.
Supporters pay tribute to Reading fanpublished at 11:51 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Adam Whitty
BBC Berkshire
Reading supporters are on the way down to the National Stadium as we speak, to prepare for one of the biggest games in the club's history.
But for same fans at Wembley, there will be one special fan missing.
Life-long Royals supporter Gary Purser passed away following heart surgery on 16 May, the day Reading beat Fulham in the play-off semi final second leg to seal their place in the play-off final.
BBC Radio Berkshire spoke to his friends this week, and discovered how they are paying tribute to him today.
Inside the Huddersfield Town squadpublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Katherine Hannah
BBC West Yorkshire Sport
Who's the snappiest dresser?
What about toughest tackler?
And, most importantly, who do you not want in charge of the music in the dressing room at Wembley?
Huddersfield Town right back Tommy Smith lets us in on the dressing room secrets of the squad:
Swift: 'I don't think we were expected to be here'published at 11:33 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Adam Whitty
BBC Berkshire
Hello, who's getting the mind games going?
Reading midfielder John Swift has been a revelation since joining Reading from Chelsea in the summer, scoring nine goals and assisting in five as he helped Reading reach third in the Championship.
But in a move Jose Mourinho would have been proud of, the England under-21 international is hoping to focus the attention on Huddersfield, who, despite finishing below The Royals in the table, are widely seen as favourites.
"The pressure wasn't on us from the start of the play-offs", said Swift, "and I don't think we were expected to be here, so I don't think the pressure is on."
A remarkable year for both sidespublished at 11:28 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
This was how Reading and Huddersfield Town saw the Championship table on 7 May 2016.
The Terriers finished last season in 19th - three places from relegation - after a crushing 5-1 home defeat by Brentford, while The Royals' sixth defeat in seven matches left them two places higher in 17th.
Just over a year later, after a remarkable change in fortunes for both clubs, they will fight for for a place at the top table of the English game, and what could be a £170m jackpot.
North London, prepare yourself....published at 11:24 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
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Newsround prediction timepublished at 11:23 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Huddersfield v Reading (15:00 BST)
We all love a prediction, don't we?
Newsround have been to see some of Huddersfield's and Reading's youngest supporters to find out how they think today's play-off final will go.
Huddersfield Town out for a morning strollpublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Gareth Jones
BBC West Yorkshire Sport
Huddersfield Town players have left their hotel for a quick wander this morning, much to the delight of the Terriers fans waiting outside.
It's smiles all-round with everyone looking fairly relaxed so far.
'The wheels on the bus go round and round'...published at 11:13 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
The Reading supporters are outside the Madejski Stadium, ready to depart for Wembley on the coach.
When BBC Radio Berkshire's reporter Mandy asked the fans to make some noise, one of them asked "how much will I be paid?"
Cheeky...
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Nailbiter? Let's hope notpublished at 11:07 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
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It may be close today - but this is one set of nails you definitely shouldn't be biting!
Wakefield nail technician Sue Rangeley tweeted the picture of her Huddersfield Town creation.
A 19-hour flight for a 90-minute gamepublished at 11:03 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
Ben Moore
BBC News
For many Reading fans, navigating the M4 will be enough of a challenge to get to Wembley today.
But one family make that look as easy as a trip to the shops in your pyjamas.
Mark Moorland and his son Dan are travelling back to Britain for the game from Perth, Australia.
Oh, and his brother is popping over from Spain for the match too...
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Mark Moorland and son Dan have come all the way from Perth for Reading's play-off final.
It all comes down to todaypublished at 11:00 British Summer Time 29 May 2017
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It's been a long old season for Reading and Huddersfield Town, but the difference between joy and heartbreak for 90,000 fans will now come down to 90 minutes of football at Wembley.
Welcome, one and all, to the 2017 Championship play-off final.