Gutted. Absolutely gutted. 3-0 down at half-time and we looked out of it, but I don't remember them touching the ball for the first 20 minutes of the second half, we grabbed two goals from corners and Karacan hit the post - if that had gone in, I'm certain this post would be elation rather than despair. At 3-2 Swansea were rocking and everyone around me truly believed the comeback was on, revenge for those previous playoff turnarounds. But those are the margins I guess.

Defensively, I'm annoyed we conceded two penalties. To do that in such a big game is criminal. Clearly they had identified Harte as the weak link as the other two goals came from their right flank. Other than that, we coped extremely well with everything they threw at us pretty much, and we dominated the game. I don't know the stats but I'm sure we must have had at least 15 shots and that many corners too, far more than them anyway. Which makes it all the more galling that we only lost through two easily avoidable penalties.

I thought Kebe looked a touch off the pace when putting in crosses but every time he got the ball they caused problems and stepped off. He'll be a big miss if he leaves in the summer. McAnuff on the other wing was effective too. Our strikers were pretty poor (aside from Noel's goal), a combination of poor service and a lack of decisions going our way (although Dowd did get the two penalties right). Shane seemed visibly gutted to have played his last game for the Royals. No complaints about Legs and Karacan, energy and commitment all game - although possibly one of them could have picked up Dobbie for their third?

I guess to sum up, I'd have never expected in February to have even been in the playoffs, yet to come this far and lose when we dominated proceedings so much really hurts. But we know that on another day that shot would have gone in, or Hunt would have buried the rebound, or Long would have put away that header at the end of the first half, or Kish at the back post in the second half... Congrats to Swansea, I think the media and the general football community wanted to see the Jacks in the Premier League so fair play to them. There's always next year...
chilipepper91

Can hold our heads high, sang louder when we were losing that Swansea when they were cruising. Dominated the game for most of it, thought they were boring as hell and we gifted them goals, they need a massive overhaul if they're to stand a chance next seaosn. Won't be disappointed to have the likes of McCarthy, Cummings and Pearce starting ahead of Feds, Khiz and Griffin in the future. Our talented academy prospects can be nurtured at the club next season rather than on loan and I've got loads of easy away fixtures to go to.

Really couldn't care much about being in the Premier League but would have been nice to have been able to celebrate after the final whistle. Reading fans leaving the stadium singing with pride and smiles on faces, I love this club!
pea

Scott Sinclair hit a hat-trick as Swansea became the first Welsh side to reach the Premier League after holding off a brave Reading fightback in a pulsating Championship play-off final at Wembley. The Swans have not played in the top flight of English football since 1983 but they scored three unanswered first-half goals to take control of Monday's match. Sinclair struck twice in as many minutes midway through the half, first from the penalty spot and then with a close-range finish, before Stephen Dobbie scored with his right foot from 16 yards. Royals substitute Jay Tabb and assistant manager Nigel Gibbs were both red carded at the break after abusing referee Phil Dowd on what was turning into an afternoon to forget for Brian McDermott and his team, but the Royals surged back into the contest after the restart. Joe Allen headed into his own net following Noel Hunt's flicked header, and Matt Mills converted a corner as Reading scored twice in eight minutes to leave the contest on a knife edge. Jem Karacan struck the Swansea post but Sinclair converted his second penalty of the afternoon 10 minutes from the end as the Welsh side held on. Swansea, who almost went out of business nine years ago, were far from their fluent best for most of the match but showed guts and resolve as Reading tore into them after the break. And their victory means that boss Brendan Rodgers, sacked by Reading after 23 games in charge in December 2009, ends his first campaign in south Wales celebrating the first promotion of his managerial career.
BBC Sport

It was a long haul to glory. After 48 matches in the Championship and play-offs Swansea had to resist a Reading recovery from 3-0 down at half-time in the 49th. They held on for a time after Brian McDermott's side had scored twice before striking again to secure a 4-2 win. They did so, above all, because of a hat-trick from Scott Sinclair, who was once a prodigy at Chelsea. The second of the penalties he converted ended Reading's hope 10 minutes from full-time. Andy Griffin needlessly felled Fabio Borini and Sinclair once more converted the penalty with a shot to the goalkeeper's right. Brendan Rogers' side will be the first Welsh club in the top flight since the inception of the Premier League. Reading were generally incapable initially of resisting pressure and the taxing encounter anticipated did not break loose until the second-half. There was logic to the outcome since Swansea had prevailed in both meetings with Reading in the regular season, but the 1-0 margins had suggested strain and tension of a different sort at Wembley. Swansea looked for a time as if they could spend the whole occasion reeling off goals. The Reading centre-half Zurab Khizanishvilli was in such distress that he could have had a red card instead of a single caution. It was the Georgian who brought down Nathan Dyer in the 21st minute and Sinclair sent the goalkeeper Adam Federici the wrong way with the penalty. The scorer had a further goal a minute later, knocking the ball home after Federici was able only to tip a low cross from Stephen Dobbie into his path. In the 45th minute, Khizanishvilli floundered once more by diverting the ball so that Dobbie could put his name on the scoresheet. Reading were in such disarray then that it did not seem so surprising that the referee Phil Dowd should send the assistant manager, Nigel Gibbs, and the substitute Jay Tabb to the stands at the interval following his encounter with them in the tunnel. The passion was put to better use by an eager and suddenly incisive Reading following the interval. Joe Allen was credited with an own goal after Noel Hunt's header from a Jobi McAnuff corner deflected off the midfielder and past Dorus De Vries at the near post. A further corner would see Matt Mills score in the 57th minute, but nothing was to eclipse Sinclair and Swansea.
The Guardian