Luke O'Nien reacts to Sunderland's stunning Wembley win and promotion to Premier League

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00:00Luke, what a journey you've been on with this football club.

00:02It's been the most special journey.

00:05Sometimes it stretches outside football.

00:07I've had my kids and my wife in the North East,

00:10so something's been very special to me.

00:12I love it for eternity.

00:14I'll always be a fan of the club as well,

00:16and unfortunately I get to play for them as well.

00:18What a day. It started so badly and ended so well.

00:21I wouldn't stop anything.

00:23I'll take both of them out for me until I'm going to win.

00:26I can't believe what's happened today.

00:27I'm so unbelievably proud of the group.

00:32I just can't wait to be moving for the rest of the evening

00:34and just enjoy what's happened.

00:35And a Premier League player now.

00:36Yeah.

00:38Yeah, it's a Premier League player.

00:42Yeah, Premier League club again.

00:43It's nice to be a Premier League player,

00:45but better that it's a Premier League club

00:46because it means more to the area.

00:49I have everybody.

00:51And all the young boys, they deserve to be there.

00:55Not just me, all of them do.

00:57So, I'm proud of them.

00:59When they said till the end, it meant it, didn't it?

01:01It did indeed.

01:02It's probably the best bit of marketing you could ever ask for.

01:05And the last few weeks have been absolutely whirlwind.

01:08I've never experienced an emotion like it.

01:10And I'm going to enjoy tonight,

01:12and I need to sleep for about three days

01:13just to kind of recover from it all.

01:16And yeah, I can't wait to spend time with the family

01:18because without them, none of this would be possible.

01:21Can I just ask, was it actually harder to watch the game

01:23after you went off?

01:25You were rather, you know, pitch up with you.

01:27Exactly how it all planned out was perfect for me.

01:29You know, how it all planned out was exactly how

01:31it was supposed to, and I can be proud of the lads.