Swansea beat Reading 4-2
(Reuters) – Swansea City became the first Welsh club to reach England’s top flight since 1983 when they beat Reading 4-2 in an enthralling promotion playoff final at Wembley on Monday.
Two days after Barcelona beat Manchester United at the same stadium to win the Champions League, Scott Sinclair’s hat-trick, including two penalties, and a Stephen Dobbie goal earned Swansea victory in a game worth an estimated 90 million pounds ($148.3 million).Swansea, who finished third in the Championship behind promoted Queens Park Rangers and Norwich City, swept into a 3-0 halftime lead with some Barca-like football but Reading roared back with a Joe Allen own goal and a Matt Mills header.
