'There's no better advert for what we do than Tom's goal'

Sunderland academy coach Graeme Murty has reflected on the club's Championship playoff final win at Wembleyand hailed the impact of academy graduate Tommy Watson.

- by Sport Reporter

Murty played a significant role in Watson's development before the winger's departure to Brighton and Hove Albion.

He said: “We called it, he was going to score, didn't we? And not only did we call it he was going to score, we called the moment he was going to score because we've seen him do it so often.

“Josh Goodfellow, our analyst, texted me straight away, Tommy Watson curling the ball into the bottom corner.