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Daily Mirror
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Mike Walters

Sheffield Wednesday promoted from League One as late goal beats 10-man Barnsley

Josh Windass turned Wembley into the land of the rising son with the last-gasp winner which restored Sheffield Wednesday to the Championship.

Fifteen years after his old man, Dean, volleyed the play-off final winner that took Hull into the Premier League, with the hourglass down to the last grains of sand Windass met Lee Gregory's cross with a brilliant diving header at the death. It was desperately cruel on 10-man Barnsley, who will forever curse Adam Phillips' red card two minutes after they were robbed of a clear penalty by yet another VAR clot.

The Tykes were heroic, and still managed to create the better chances in normal time, but in the end they were heartbroken – or, as they say in the south Yorkshire coalfields, eeh bah glum. Windass said: "That was probably the worst standard of game you will ever watch – the level from both teams was shocking. There was no real quality on show and luckily we got the winning goal.

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