Sunderland are back in the Premier League after winning 2-1 in the Championship final against Sheffield United at Wembley in one of the most exciting comebacks in the recent history of the game as Tom Watson scored a last minute winning goal that propelled Sunderland to Premier League soccer 2025-26.

Substitute Tom Watson scored a stoppage-time winner as Sunderland rallied to beat Sheffield United 2-1 in the Championship playoff final and earn promotion to the Premier League on Saturday. Watson struck from the edge of the penalty area five minutes into injury time after Kieffer Moore gave the ball away,

Sheffield United took the lead through Tyrese Campbell’s first-half dink, but Eliezer Mayenda rifled Sunderland level midway through the second period before 19-year-old academy graduate Tom Watson stroked home a 95th-minute winner to take his side to the top flight in his final game for the club.