Shea Charles was Southampton’s hero as they reached the Championship play-off final with a come-from-behind 2-1 win at home to Middlesbrough on Tuesday.
The teams were all square deep into the second half of extra-time when Charles’ 116th-minute curling cross from the right crept through a crowd of defenders and deflected in off the inside of the post.
Southampton, relegated from the Premier League last season, will now face Hull – 2-0 winners over Millwall on Monday – for what appears to be the chance to join Coventry and Ipswich in English football’s lucrative top-flight next season.