
Skipper Dan Neil does not want Dan Ballard’s winner which took Sunderland to Wembley to be the best memory of a season which could yet end with a return to the Premier League.
Ballard’s last-gasp extra-time header in the second leg of the Black Cats’ Sky Bet Championship play-off semi-final showdown with Coventry sent the Stadium of Light into raptures and Regis Le Bris’ men to headquarters, where Sheffield United stand between them and a return to the top flight on Saturday.