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Luton Town's football fairytale goes on after clinching historic Premier League promotion on penalties

LONDON -- Luton Town have been promoted to the Premier League after edging Coventry City 6-5 on penalties following a nervy 1-1 draw at Wembley Stadium. Luton opened the scoring on 23 minutes to send the sun-baked side of Wembley into raptures as Elijah Adebayo set up Jordan Clark to power a strike home as Coventry looked stunned by the occasion.

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However, the Sky Blues responded in the second-half with a fantastic counter-attacking goal which saw star men combine with Viktor Gyokeres teeing up Gustavo Hamer to fire home.