Fans from across the English football landscape have flooded to social media on Thursday evening, to lavish praise on history-makers Sheffield Wednesday.
For those who may somehow have missed it, this comes after The Owls were responsible for the most jaw-dropping of results a short time ago.
After being dispatched of with alarming ease in the tie’s first leg, Wednesday welcomed Peterborough United to Hillsborough, looking all but dead and buried in their quest for promotion to The Championship.
Queue unbridled chaos in Sheffield…
Owing to goals on the part of all of Michael Smith, Lee Gregory, Reece James and Liam Palmer, the evening’s hosts turned momentum completely on its head, to send proceedings at Hillsborough to extra time.
From here, Peterborough finally appeared to have gotten things back on track, however, upon Lee Gregory’s own goal putting the visitors back in front on aggregate on the stroke of the interval in extra time.
After Callum Paterson restored parity once more, a tense penalty shootout saw Darren Moore’s hosts hold their nerve, slotting home all five of their spot-kicks to book a spot in the League One playoff final.
IT’S A PLAY-OFF MIRACLE! ✨
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST COMEBACKS IN HISTORY 😱 pic.twitter.com/2T1l8hFORB
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) May 18, 2023
And, safe to say, despite the result having come all the way down in the third division of English football, its significance has not been at all lost.
In fact, as showcased below, many on social media have since gone as far as to label Sheffield Wednesday’s comeback victory as the greatest to take place in the history of the EFL playoffs:
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY … THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN PLAYOFF HISTORY 🤯
Down 0-4 in 1st leg, Owls came back in 2nd leg to lead 4-0. Then went into extra time (1-1) & won on penalty kicks to advance to Wembley in League 1 playoff final 🔵⚪pic.twitter.com/C8sQnFVysN
— World Soccer Talk (@worldsoccertalk) May 18, 2023
The Greatest Comeback in Football League Playoff History. Never EVER Forget that.
— Logan Zimmerman (@LzMan66988005) May 18, 2023
the greatest comeback in playoff history, after a record-breaking season of unreal highs and terrible lows – Sheffield fucking Wednesday, i will love you til the day i die #swfc pic.twitter.com/NFfiQurFSG
— cautiously optimistic football fan🫣 (@_CharlieThePooh) May 18, 2023
Has to be one of the greatest comebacks in playoffs history, if not the greatest.
Well done Sheffield Wednesday 👏🏻
— Gary B 🦁 (@GaryBolton91) May 18, 2023
The Greatest Comeback In Playoff History ™ #swfc
— SWFC Supporters Club 💙 (@swfcsc) May 18, 2023
Wow. What a great comeback from Sheffield Wednesday. Unbelievable. The greatest play off comeback in EFL playoff history. 👏👏👏👏
— Andy Giddings (@SportGids1) May 18, 2023
😮 Mission improbable, completed 😮
📹 The moment Jack Hunt scored from the spot to help the Owls complete the greatest comeback in EFL playoff history, winning on penalties after a 5-5 draw on aggregate 💪🏻
🦉 Sheffield Wednesday are going to Wembley! 🦉#SWFC @BBCSheffield pic.twitter.com/RZaYDlh22D
— Football Heaven (@footballheaven) May 18, 2023
THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN PLAYOFF HISTORY 🔵⚪️https://t.co/qzpOUrEBAT
— Wednesdayites (@Wednesdayites__) May 18, 2023
Greatest game in playoff history that
— Adam B (@AdamGeorgeB6) May 18, 2023
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