Sheffield Wednesday promoted with last kick of the game
The Owls clinch promotion back to The Championship in the final seconds
Last updated 29th May 2023
Sheffield Wednesday have won promotion back to the Championship after dramatically beating Barnsley at Wembley.
Josh Windass' header in the final second of extra time saw The Owls come out victorious in a 1-0 win.
The win sees Darren Moore's side return to the second division after two years away.
After a successful season which saw them finish on 96 points, missing out on automatic promotion by just two points, Owls fans are celebrating this play off win.
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.
The 10 men of Barnsley were proving tough to break down, while at the other end they almost struck with 12 minutes left before the game was to head into extra-time.
Substitute James Norwood charged ominously past Reece James before crashing in a shot which Cameron Dawson beat away superbly.
Both sides went mighty close to an opener in a frenetic first period of extra-time.
Michael Ihiekwe, Michael Smith and Bannan all failed to take opportunities for the Owls, while the otherwise impressive Connell incredibly missed an open goal for Barnsley.
The drama dissipated in the final 15 minutes, until that unforgettable last play of the game when Windass finally broke brave Barnsley's resistance.