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Swansea City clinched promotion today in front of 86,581 at Wembley. Scott Sinclair lead the Swans scoring a hat-trick in the 4-2 victory over Reading in the Championship Play-off Final. Sinclair is only the second player to ever score a hat-trick in a Play-off Final at Wembley. The other player is Charlton Athletic's Clive Mendonca, who did it in 1998. The victory earns Swansea City their first promotion to the top flight of english football in 28 years. It also makes them the first Welsh team to play in the Premier League. The club will earn an estimated $148 million as part of the promotion.

"These players deserve to be in the Premier League, they showed great courage. It's fantastic. The supporters today were incredible and it's nice to repay their faith and get promotion." said Swansea City boss Brendan Rogers. "It can be a big mistake to get promoted and do it with the same players. In my experience, having been in the Premier League for four or five years, it is a different stratosphere in relation to pace and power."

"We have shown this year over the course of 49 games, there's substance to us. Not just style, there is steel there too. That is what you have to have if you are going to be a good team."

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