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Southampton have secured a return to the Premier League at the first time of asking with a Championship play-off final win over Leeds United. The 1-0 win at Wembley would have seemed almost impossible when Southampton went on a run of four straight defeats just weeks into the season, but Russell Martin turned things around and will now be a Premier League manager. The Saints had to defend resolutely to protect the 1-0 lead given to them by Adam Armstrong in the first-half, but did so with Leeds struggling to break them down. Kyle Walker-Peters and Will Smallbone were immense, whilst Armstrong …

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