Huddersfield Town sealed promotion to the Premier League after beating Reading on penalties after a goalless Championship play-off final at Wembley.

The winner came with German defender Christopher Schindler, the club’s record signing last summer, stepping up to fire past Ali Al-Habsi.

Reading had the advantage in the shoot-out when Michael Hefele saw his spot-kick saved, but then consecutive misses from Liam Moore and Jordan Obita gave Schindler the chance to claim the win and he made no mistake.

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The game itself offered few opportunities and it was Huddersfield who had the better of those with Hefele heading wide and Izzy Brown failing to convert from close-range.

But The Terriers sealed their place in the top-flight for the first time since 1972 as they claimed the win in the world’s most expensive game, which will be worth to them at least £175million in revenue.

“I know that a lot of the pundits wrote us off before the season”, said Town boss David Wagner.

“Over the season I thought we could do a little bit more, I thought around Christmas when we’d played everyone we had a chance.

“What happened is an unbelievable story – it’s a fairytale.”