Football, bloody hell! Sheffield Wednesday stun Peterborough in all-time great match to advance to League One promotion play-off final

Sheffield Wednesday completed an insane, historic four-goal comeback to power past Peterborough on penalties in their promotion play-off semi-final.

Sheffield Wednesday trailed 4-0 on aggregate

Won second leg 5-1 to force shootout

Triumphed on penalties to reach play-off final

WHAT HAPPENED? Needing to overturn a four-goal deficit to force extra-time and keep their hopes of reaching the Championship alive, Michael Smith got Wednesday up and running with an early penalty, before Lee Gregory gave the Hillsborough faithful hope of the seemingly impossible with a second goal before the break.

It remained 2-0 until the 71st minute when defender Reece James bundled home to set up a grandstand finish. For at least 20 minutes, it looked like it wouldn't quite happen for Darren Moore's side, until very late on when Liam Palmer scored the fourth – in the eighth minute of six minutes of added time. He turned home after Aden Flint's header kept the ball alive following a melee in the Peterborough box.

AND WHAT'S MORE: That goal forced the game into extra-time amid wild celebrations from the Wednesday supporters who couldn't quite believe what they'd witnessed. It looked as if it might all be for nothing, though, when Peterborough momentarily silenced the home fans in extra-time, with Gregory forced to turn into his own net to hand the visitors the advantage again.But Wednesday produced more magic to make it 5-1 through the irrepressible Callum Paterson as the game went to penalties. Peterborough's Dan Butler struck the crossbar in the shootout, then Jack Hunt stroked home the decisive spot-kick to complete the fairytale victory for Wednesday, sparking a pitch invasion.