Bradford 0 Millwall 1: Steve Morison seals promotion to Championship with late Wembley winner

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Sam Long20 May 2017

Millwall secured promotion to the Championship this afternoon with a thrilling 1-0 victory over Bradford City in the League One Play-Off Final.

The Lions were under the cosh for long periods but Steve Morison poked home from close range in the dying minutes to take Neil Harris' men back into the second tier.

Over 50,000 fans packed into Wembley and a wall of noise greeted the players as they made their way out onto the hallowed turf.

Nerves were on show among both players during role the early exchanges and Tony McMahon fizzed an early effort wide before Millwall turned up the pressure with a series of corners.

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But the first opportunity fell to Billy Clarke, who raced clear on the counter after receiving Mark Marshall's measured through ball.

The Bantams crowd expected the net to bulge but Jordan Archer rushed off his line to deny the striker, courtesy of a finger-tip save.

Stuart McCall's side were a constant menace on the break but Millwall's front two of Morison and Lee Gregory ensured the Londoners retained a presence up front, despite being under the cosh for long periods.

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Archer denied James Meredith from a tight angle while Shaun Hutchinson's volley failed to make it through a crowd of bodies following a promising Millwall corner.

The two sides went in level at the break and appeared destined to cancel each other out as Rory McArdle sent a header narrowly over the crossbar and Jed Wallace dragged an effort wide of Colin Doyle's post.

Extra time seemed to be an inevitability but Morison latched onto Gregory's flick on in the 87 minute to break Bantams' hearts and end the Lions two-year spell outside the second tier.

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