Coventry City and Luton Town meet in an exciting Championship final at Wembley.
The two sides staged a massive encounter, often dubbed 'the most successful fixture in football' after knocking out Middlesbrough and Sunderland in the semi-finals respectively after finishing third and fifth in the division. two.
Luton, who was stretched by captain Tom Lockyer after 12 minutes in ominous scenes, took a 1-0 lead thanks to Jordan Clark.
Former Accrington player Stanley scored against the Hatters after a superb strike from Elijah Adebayo on the flank.
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Coventry looked like a shadow of themselves 45 minutes ago and comfortably finished second to Rob Edwards' men. But the Midlands team found their advantage after a first-half substitution when Matty Godden came on for Jamie Allen and delivered improved offensive dynamics.
And Gustavo Hamer leveled for the Sky Blues with a beautiful finish after being tackled by Viktor Gyokeres in the 66th minute.
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The Dutch conductor then left the field in tears after suffering an incurable injury.
The two teams could not be separated for 90 minutes - even with 8 minutes of extra time - and so the game from start to finish entered extra time.
But that also resulted in no goals, after substitute Joe Taylor's 117th-minute strike was disqualified for handball - meaning that after 49 games, the positions of both clubs in Next season depends on dramatic penalty shootouts. Advertisement
The level of kicking was extremely strong, with both teams scoring the first five goals and goalkeepers Ben Wilson and Ethan Horvath far ahead of them.
But then Fankaty Dabo made a terrible mistake from his penalty and sent the ball over the bar to help Luton get promoted to the Premier League.
They have been out of the top flight for 31 years and were out of the league nine years ago, but will now bring Premier League football to Kenilworth Road next season.
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