US EditionSunderland beats Sheffield United to achieve Premier League promotion
- Sunderland defeated Sheffield United 2-1 at Wembley on May 25, 2025, to secure promotion to the Premier League.
- The match followed a season where Sunderland finished 14 points behind Sheffield, the largest gap between playoff finalists in history.
- Sheffield United took an early lead through Tyrese Campbell, but Eliezer Mayenda equalized in the 76th minute before 19-year-old Tom Watson scored a stoppage-time winner.
- Watson, a homegrown Sunderland player moving to Brighton next season, described his winning goal as a moment he 'couldn't have pictured any better.'
- Sunderland’s promotion ends an eight-year absence from the top flight and will bring the club at least £220 million in new TV revenue for 2025-26.
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Sunderland Returns to the Premier League: the Basement He Did Not Imagine, the Documentary that Was Raging and the Young Owner Who Raised It
The circle closed perfectly. There was no other story to which such an ideal ending would fit. So suffered, but so enjoyed. From the result by which he puts his hands on the sky today, but also on the eight-year journey that they were much more than difficult. Because if Sunderland’s name is put on the table, any undisturbed would place him in the Premier League because of the familiar sound of his denomination, but it would be a mistake. Or exa…
Premier League Ascent of AFC Sunderland: Millions of Games Decided in the Replay Period
In the fifth minute of the replay, Tom Watson lets the fans of AFC Sunderland break out in Ekstase: their club will soon be playing in the Premier League again – and looks forward to enormous revenues.
AFC Sunderland Is Back in the Premier League
The AFC Sunderland made the climb to the English Premier League thanks to a last-minute victory. Sunderland won the play-off final against Sheffield United in the sold-out Wembley Stadium on Saturday with 2:1. Tom Watson scored the decisive goal in the postseason. Tyrese Campbell had led Sheffield in the 25th minute, Eliezer Mayenda outsized in the 76th minute. Shortly before the end of the game Watson then beat and brought the traditional club,…
The Independent
The Independent (US)Sunderland prove comeback kings in every sense to seal dramatic Premier League return
Sheffield United 1-2 Sunderland: Tommy Watson’s 95th-minute winner sent half of Wembley wild in the Championship play-off final as the Black Cats ended their eight-year exile from the top flight
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