Lee Bowyer was the last man standing in the Charlton technical area as his backroom staff and substitutes emptied on to the Wembley turf, flying down the touchline to join the pile-on after the captain, Patrick Bauer, snatched victory to seal promotion with just five seconds of second‑half stoppage time to play. Dillon Phillips had filed a late entry for blooper of the season, gifting Sunderland an early lead but the goalkeeper ended the day holding the winners’ trophy aloft drenched in champagne and confetti.
“I don’t know why Pat and Pearcey [Jason Pearce] were up there, both on the far post but thankfully they were,” said Bowyer, who permanently took charge of his boyhood club in September. “You need someone to be calm and get focused. I wanted to speak to the fourth official and see how long was left because I might have needed to change formation or shape, and he said there were only five seconds to go. I just wanted to try and stay in the zone.”
Written by Ben Fisher at Wembley
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/26/charlton-athletic-sunderland-league-one-playoff-final under the title “Charlton return to Championship after Patrick Bauer scores last-gasp winner”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
