After a seven year hiatus Middlesbrough confirm their return to the Premier League. Needing just a draw against promotion rivals Brighton by virtue of their better goal difference, Boro were pegged back by a second-half equaliser from Dale Stephens, who was later sent off. But despite eight minutes of stoppage time, the second goal the Seagulls pressed desperately for never came, Aitor Karanka's side exorcising the memory of last season's play-off final defeat to seal their place back in the big time.
