Hull City are back in the Premier League after Oliver McBurnie struck in the 90th minute plus 6 to beat Middlesbrough in the Championship playoff final at Wembley. The match kicked off at 3.30pm BST and ended with Hull holding on through eight added minutes after a frantic finish.

McBurnie scored from six yards after a low cross from the left, with Brynn only able to cushion the ball into his path before the finish. The striker was booked for his celebration, but the goal proved enough to send Hull up and leave Middlesbrough staring at the other side of the divide.

The scale of the moment was obvious in the final minutes. Hull had been under pressure, Middlesbrough had kept coming late, and the live account even captured the sense of relief and disbelief around the ground as Wembley erupted. Hirakawa, after coming on, was a constant threat down Hull City’s left flank and kept driving at Middlesbrough until the decisive break arrived.

The match had been tense long before the winning goal. In the 84th minute, Hirakawa drove down the middle toward the Boro box before Morris took the ball away. Two minutes later, Hirakawa advanced down the left and sent a cross toward the far post. In the 87th minute, Hughes and Hansen were lectured by the referee for off-the-ball shoving, and by the 89th minute Morris had tried a 30-yard shot that hit the nearest amber shirt. When the referee signalled eight additional minutes at 90 minutes, it set up a closing stretch that felt longer than the clock suggested.

That late chaos also exposed how narrow the margin was. At 90 minutes plus 2, Brittain and Hackney combined down the right and Hughes needed treatment after Ajayi’s clearance struck him. At 90 minutes plus 10, Brynn was shown in distress after his handling error. A flag then went up for offside at 90 minutes plus 11 as Hull came close again, while Boro had a free kick in the centre circle at 90 minutes plus 12 and Brittain launched it long. Even at 90 minutes plus 14, a Crooks shot was blocked and the play continued. In that run, the source text said Hull were “so close now,” and the line captured the mood as clearly as any scoreboard could.

For Middlesbrough, the late substitutions underlined the desperation. They replaced Targett and Browne with Ibeh and Sarmiento in the 90th minute plus 7, while Hull answered a minute later by sending on Lundstram and McNair for Slater and Coyle. The closing exchanges never let up, but McBurnie’s finish at six yards settled the only question that mattered at Wembley: Hull’s return to the Premier League was secured on the day it counted most.