Checkatrade Trophy final: Portsmouth's win as it happened

Summary

Portsmouth win 5-4 on penalties - Sunderland's Lee Cattermole was only player to fail from 12 yards
Aiden McGeady netted deflected free-kick to put Sunderland ahead
Nathan Thompson headed Portsmouth's equaliser with eight minutes left
Jamal Lowe lobbed goalkeeper in 114th minute to put Pompey in front
McGeady levelled for Black Cats in 119th minute to send final to shootout
Competition's biggest ever crowd of 85,021 watched final at Wembley

Live Reporting

James Law

And relax...published at 17:34 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland (5-4 on pens)
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People have their reasons for disliking the Checkatrade Trophy but there's no denying that was quite some final.
Two massive clubs going toe-to-toe, and a penalty shootout at the end of it.
Congratulations to Portsmouth, commiserations to Sunderland fans - both now turn their attention to the League One promotion race.
Thank you for joining us.
'It was a terrific comeback'published at 17:30 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland (5-4 on pens)
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I thought it was a really good advert for League One. I thought from 45 minutes on we dominated and deserved to win. It was a terrific comeback - we persevered and got there in the end.
Kenny Jackett, Portsmouth boss told Sky Sports
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Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland (5-4 on pens)
Diana Brighouse: From a Saints season ticket holder, congratulations to Pompey on an extraordinary win at Wembley today.
Respect, Diana - you don't often hear that from a rival fan!
Postpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland (5-4 pens)
Now for all the usual party tracks, blasting out at Wembley.
Almost all the Sunderland fans have understandably left - had they kept up their first-half performance there's no doubt they would've been lifting the trophy.
But you have to feel for Lee Cattermole, he played well today - but someone has to miss.
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Pompey lift the trophypublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland (5-4 on pens)
Portsmouth captain Brett Pitman lifts the Checkatrade Trophy aloft and their fans go mad!
With a potential promotion to the Championship also to come, perhaps Pompey are on their way back towards the times which saw them win the FA Cup and compete in Europe.
Postpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland (5-4 on pens)
The Portsmouth players are making their way up the Wembley steps to collect the trophy.
Their fans chant 'play up Pompey' as loud as they've done all afternoon.
For Sunderland it's a first defeat in 20 games - their last also coming against Pompey.
'We knew where to put them'published at 17:20 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland (5-4 on pens)
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I thought I'd scored the winner. Sunderland put in a performance but I think we deserved the win. We took a couple of penalties on Friday, but we knew where we were going to put them.
Jamal Lowe, Portsmouth goalscorer Jamal Lowe told Sky Sports
'It means everything'published at 17:18 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland (5-4 on pens)
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My first time being at Wembley and having a penalty to win it - I just put my head down and hit it. It means everything to the city - you can see with the crowd here.
Oliver Hawkins, Portsmouth striker told Sky Sports
PORTSMOUTH WIN THE CHECKATRADE TROPHYpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
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Pens: Portsmouth 5-4 Sunderland
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Oliver Hawkins keeps a cool head to score the decisive penalty and Portsmouth are the Checkatrade Trophy champions.
It's Lee Cattermole's miss that was Sunderland's undoing - it was a great save from Craig MacGillivray.
GOAL: O'Nien scores for Sunderlandpublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Pens: Portsmouth 4-4 Sunderland
Nerves of steel. Over to you, Pompey...
GOAL: Lowe scores for Portsmouthpublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Pens: Portsmouth 4-3 Sunderland
Excellent penalty high into the net. Match point, Portsmouth. If Sunderland fail next, Portsmouth win...
GOAL: Power scores for Sunderlandpublished at 17:12 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Pens: Portsmouth 3-3 Sunderland
Lovely controlled penalty into the corner.
GOAL: Brown scores for Portsmouthpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Pens: Portsmouth 3-2 Sunderland
Bosh. Straight down the middle.
GOAL: Gooch scores for Sunderlandpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Pens: Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland
Wonderful penalty into the top corner.
GOAL: Pitman scores for Portsmouthpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Pens: Portsmouth 2-1 Sunderland
Sidefooted into the corner, great pen.
MISSED PENALTY: Cattermole misses for Sunderlandpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Pens: Portsmouth 1-1 Sunderland
Super save from Craig MacGillivray to his left. Advantage Pompey.
GOAL: Evans scores for Portsmouthpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Pens: Portsmouth 1-1 Sunderland
Keeper gets a hand to it, but safely in.
GOAL: McGeady scores for Sunderlandpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Pens: Portsmouth 0-1 Sunderland
A stutter and in it goes, just off the post.
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Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland
Sunderland to take the first spot-kick - Aiden McGeady will take it...
Penalties to followpublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 31 March 2019
Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland
Portsmouth have won the coin toss and in the least surprising news ever, Brett Pitman decides to stage the shootout in front of the Pompey fans.
I can never work out whether that makes any difference or not. We'll see, I guess.