Reading overcame Fulham on 2-1 goal aggregate to reach the Championship play-off final at Wembley
This means that Fulham are just one game away from a return to the Premier League.
The Royals’ remarkable season under Jaap Stam continues, with the Reading manager mobbed and his players serenaded by supporters who flooded the pitch at the final whistle.
On a night when an unlikely promotion push gathered further momentum, Reading made another statement, announcing that the Chinese brother and sister, Dai Yongge and Dai Xiu Li, have become the club’s majority shareholders with immediate effect following months of uncertainty.