Brentford vs Swansea LIVE: Brentford promoted - Championship play-off final result and reaction

Brentford have been promoted to the Premier League for the first time after they beat Swansea City 2-0 in the Championship play-off final. Goals from Ivan Toney and Emiliano Marcondes saw the Bees finally break their play-off hoodoo after all nine of their previous attempts had ended in failure.

It was swift redemption for Thomas Frank's side, back at Wembley Stadium just nine months after losing to Fulham in last season's delayed final. There was to be no repeat of that heartbreak for the Bees, who in securing promotion will become the 50th different club to play in the Premier League.

They also ended the so-called curse of the red and white stripes, which has seen teams in Brentford's colours feature in 33 play-off campaigns without achieving promotion. Lincoln, playing Blackpool in Sunday's League One final, will surely have taken note.

It was somehow fitting that Brentford put paid to those statistical anomalies, given how their success is underpinned by a data-driven recruitment policy, and now the west London number-crunchers can factor an extra £160million or so into the kitty.

While Swans head coach Steve Cooper insists promotion “would mean everything” for the Welsh club: "The club has been there before, long before I was here, and that journey was a special one. Then it was taken away through relegation, the club has had to re-establish itself with a different identity and rebuild. We've got to this last game of the season and given ourselves a 50-50 chance of winning. It's something we've got to really go for. It would mean everything to the city and everything to the club, and everyone's aware of that. It's a massive motivation for us to get the job done."