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The teenager who went from outcast to eternal Black Cats hero

Few people turning up at Wembley for the Championship play-off final would have had Sunderland's Tommy Watson down as the match-winner.

Even less so after scanning through the team list in the official programme... Watson's name was not even on it.

The anomaly comes from the fact the 19-year-old signed for Premier League Brighton and Hove Albion last month ahead of next season in a £10m deal.

His place in the top flight was assured regardless of what happened in the final, unlike that of his boyhood team.

But with his low curling effort in the 95th minute securing an unforgettable comeback win over Sheffield United, he has written a glorious chapter in the entire history of the Black Cats to end their eight-year exile from the top flight.