The Wearsiders brought noise and colour to Wembley, but they, Leeds and Burnley will face a tough task to establish themselves in the elite

But this boyhood Sunderland fan gave us the ultimate parting gift. A 95th-minute winner at Wembley. The stuff of dreams. In a different timeline, that story ends in bitterness. Instead, it ends in legend.

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team take a look at which side will wear their red and white home kit in the Championship play-off final.

Behind the scenes moments at Wembley as Sunderland beat Sheffield United to secure promotion to the Premier League

Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris is determined to complete the "purpose" he set out for his team last summer and win promotion to the Premier League.

Sunderland and Sheffield United fans are on Wembley Way and have turned it a sea of red and white ahead of the Championship play-off final. The Echo’s sports team is in place, watch the action from Wembley Way ahead of the 3.01pm KO.

Talk around the £220 million match, or whatever that sum has been inflated to since the final whistle blew, is often focused on each team’s superstars – Gus Hamer, Jobe Bellingham et al. It’s a global event; a rite of passage into the Premier League, that most global of entities, and so there’s not much room in the narrative for local ties.