Nottingham Forest were promoted to the Premier League for the first time in 23 years after edging Huddersfield Town 1-0 in the Championship play-off final on Sunday evening.
The Terriers striker Danny Ward shrugged off an injury he sustained in the win over Luton Town in the semi-final second-leg to start while Nottingham top-scorer Keinan Davis was also fit enough to start after featuring off the bench in their last two games.
Nottingham had a bright start as Ryan Yates had a chance to give them the lead in the 12th minute from a set-piece after a diagonal delivery by James Garner but glanced a free header wide of the far post.
Huddersfield took time to get into the game but they had an opportunity ten minutes before the half-time break from a counter-attack after Sorba Thomas went through on goal at the near post but his cross was smothered by goalkeeper Brice Samba.
Steve Cooper's charges regained the ascendancy and eventually went ahead just before the half-time break after Levi Colwill diverted a teasing cross by Garner in the six-yard box into his own net at the near post.
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The Terriers did not want to compromise their defensive shape early in the second stanza but started to advance forward towards the hour-mark, especially after a tactical change that saw Naby Sarr replaced by Jonathan Russell.
Carlos Corberan's men had a strong penalty appeal in the 73rd minute after Jack Colback caught the trailing leg of Harry Toffolo in the box but the referee gave a yellow card to Toffolo for simulation and the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) reviewed the incident but stuck with the on-field decision.
Huddersfield continued to pin the Reds back in their own half and had another penalty shout in the last seven minutes after Lewis O'Brien went down in a tangle of legs with Max Lowe in the box but the referee was also not convinced.
Cooper's troops absorbed the pressure in the dying minutes and survived a flashing strike by O'Brien in stoppage time as they returned to the Premier League for the first time since the 1998-99 season.
The Reds joined Fulham and Bournemouth on their way up to the Premier League from the 2021/22 Championship campaign.