West Ham United have secured an instant return to the English Premier League after a 2-1 victory over Blackpool in the playoff at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
Ricardo Vaz Te scored an 85th minute winner to send the Hammers into the top flight, having been relegated, alongside the Tangerines, during the 2010-11 season.
Earlier, Carlton Cole had opened the scoring in the first 45, before Thomas Ince levelled straight after the break.
Hammers boss Sam Allardyce said: “It’s been an outstanding, thrilling season compared to where we came from. This is a memory for life and we will enjoy it. You want to go up automatically but if you don’t and you win the final then it’s a memory for everyone for years and years to come.
“The delight you get out of winning at a venue like this, the trophy, the medals, the celebrations, it’s an outstanding achievement.
“It’s bigger than anything else, other games played here are cup competitions but this is everything, it’s about what’s happened over 10 months, not six or seven games.”