And the Saints go marching back to the Premier League. It may have only been an absence of one season, it surely felt like more, but Southampton have returned to the top-flight at the first attempt.
Southampton clinched promotion back to the Premier League after a one-year exile as Adam Armstrong sealed a 1-0 win against Leeds in the Championship play-off final on Sunday.In their first ever play-off final, Southampton made it three wins over Leeds this term despite finishing three points behind the Elland Road club in the regular season.
Leeds 0-1 Southampton: Adam Armstrong’s first-half goal enough to send the Saints back into the Premier League
It's what we've been working for all year, we know how good the Championship has been this year. The gaffer and his staff came in in pre-season and put a marker down of what they wanted to see, and look at this.