Summary

  • Sunderland beat Wycombe in the League One play-off final to secure promotion

  • Black Cats join Wigan and Rotherham in the Championship next season

  • Goals in either half from Embleton and Stewart win game for Sunderland

  • Victory ends Sunderland's four-year stay in League One

  1. Postpublished at 77 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Adebayo Akinfenwa in actionImage source, Getty Images

    Talk about a jump start, Wycombe's fans are back in full voice with Adebayo Akinfenwa making a nuisance of himself up top for the Chairboys.

    Sunderland are trying to stay calm.

  2. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 75 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Adebayo Akinfenwa is on, 40-year-old, for his last game in pro-football.

    He replaces Dominic Gape.

  3. Postpublished at 74 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Dominic Gape feels the strain of the midfield battleground as he stays down for Wycombe.

    Sam Vokes has a little post-it note with some directives, playing the mailman as he delivers some key messages, while the game is stopped.

    Gareth Ainsworth preparing big Bayo. Beast Mode is on? Soon.

  4. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 21 May 2022

    #bbcefl

    Talk Sense Man: Sitting in a Cancun hotel bar and spent the whole of the first half trying to get the barman to find the right channel for watching. Given up and will just rely on #bbcefl, external Ha-way The Lads!

    Ourhandsaretied: No penalty. Not enough contact; correct decision.

  5. Postpublished at 71 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    More than 72,000 the crowd here. Some draw that.

    Ross Stewart is picked out by the deep corner for Sunderland, but gets his sidefoot cross all wrong.

  6. Rate the playerspublished at 70 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Player raterImage source, Getty Images

    Into the last 20 minutes or so and Sunderland still lead by a single goal. Which way is it going to go?

    Who has impressed you on the two sides? Have your say on how both teams are performing by using our player rater feature.

  7. Postpublished at 70 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Jack Clarke gets in out on the left and stands up Anthony Stewart for Sunderland before sweeping in a ball for Ross Stewart.

    Josh Scowen races across to clear. Corner.

  8. PENALTY APPEALpublished at 69 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Patrick Roberts exchanges a one-two with Ross Stewart in the Wycombe box, but as the winger chases the return he's sandwiched and goes down.

    Sunderland want a spot-kick. Simon Hooper waves it away and VAR agrees.

    The corner is headed behind harmlessly by the Black Cats.

    Ross Stewart crowded out in penalty areaImage source, PA Media
  9. Postpublished at 67 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    More like it from Sunderland, as Patrick Roberts, hugging the touchline, is found by Bailey Wright and takes play to Wycombe down the right.

    He drifts infield and finds Alex Pritchard, who just can't quite smuggle away the return pass.

    Wycombe on the back foot again for the first time in a while.

  10. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 65 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Sunderland's weight of numbers at the back do enough to hook the ball away after an Anthony Stewart cross is headed down back-post by Sam Vokes.

    Wycombe have brought Brandon Hanlan on for Jordan Obita.

  11. Postpublished at 64 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    It's a bit harsh to say Sunderland have lost their heads, but their poise has certainly escaped them a bit right now.

    Bailey Wright pumps the ball out on the full.

    Wycombe are pushing it about sharply and keeping the play wide.

    Dennis Cirkin opts for safety and puts it out for a throw. Wycombe making it edgy.

  12. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 62 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Jack Clarke is on for goalscorer Elliot Embleton, as Sunderland switch things up.

    They need to wrest back control.

  13. Postpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 21 May 2022

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Gary Bennett
    Ex-Sunderland defender on BBC Radio Newcastle

    Anthony Patterson saves from Sam VokesImage source, PA Media

    That is a warning. Sunderland have struggled to get going in the second half. They have lost their momentum.

    Wycombe are pressing higher up the field, they are in Sunderland's faces.

  14. GREAT SAVE!published at 61 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Bailey Wright gets the flight of Anthony Stewart's swerving ball forward completely wrong, and Wycombe are in through Sam Vokes.

    Out comes Anthony Patterson though, decisive and brave, to make a point-blank stop before the Wales striker can make a telling touch.

  15. Postpublished at 59 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Sometimes the tension and pressure at the Stadium of Light can lead to a bit of frustration within the stands from the Sunderland fans, but they've been nothing but supportive at Wembley.

    So many flags from supporters' clubs all around the country are on display at their end of the ground.

    Can the Black Cats give them something to settle the nerves?

  16. Postpublished at 58 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Another chance racked up, or at least a half-chance for Wycombe, as Garath McCleary bends a cross far post, but Jordan Obita can't keep it in play.

    Sunderland haven't settled yet, and Wycombe look to take advantage.

  17. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 55 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Wycombe bring on Lewis Wing for Daryl Horgan.

    Did the hard yards in the Northern League and the Wearside League did Wing, before making the breakthrough down the A19 from Sunderland at Middlesbrough.

  18. Postpublished at 54 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Alex Pritchard has been Sunderland's best player arguably and his class is telling above all else.

    He shimmies to put Elliot Embleton into space, but his pass to Ross Stewart is overhit.

  19. Postpublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 21 May 2022

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Keith Ryan
    Former Wycombe midfielder on BBC Three Counties Radio

    That was a peach of a ball in from Alex Pritchard, Ross Stewart rose brilliantly but headed it just wide.

    But Wycombe are a different team in this second half. The message has been clear from Gareth Ainsworth that they must not sit on their laurels.

  20. CLOSE!published at 52 mins

    Sunderland 1-0 Wycombe

    Ross Stewart misses a chance for SunderlandImage source, Getty Images

    Ross Stewart passes up a golden opportunity to make it two for Sunderland.

    Great cross from Alex Pritchard, swung in to the back post, but Stewart's header across goal bounces wide.