Aston Villa reached the Championship play-off final on Tuesday night.
Aston Villa will have a shot at returning to the Premier League after seeing off Middlesbrough in the Championship play-offs semi-finals on Tuesday night.
Villa were leading 1-0 from the first leg having beat Boro at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday night thanks to Mile Jedinak's winner, and were looking to seal their win on Tuesday.
Steve Bruce's men turned in a solid if unspectacular performance at Villa Park, drawing 0-0 against Boro to book their passage to Wembley.
Villa will now take on Fulham in the Championship play-off final at the end of the month, and are potentially just 90 minutes away from a return to the Premier League.
Two years on from their Premier League relegation, Villa are now nearing a return to the top flight, and owner Tony Xia took to Twitter to celebrate their victory.
Xia was delighted to be heading to Wembley, posting a photo of the celebrations at Villa Park before fans piled in to thank the Chinese businessman for his work with the club.
Wembley here we come!#UTV pic.twitter.com/xlshaQ5Cxm
— Dr. Tony Xia (@Dr_TonyXia) May 15, 2018
After huge criticism from fans last season, fans have now been praising Xia for turning the club around, thanking him for changing their fortunes after the dismal relegation from the Premier League in 2016.
@Dr_TonyXia Thank you for getting my club back, one game to go and we can look forward to a fantastic future. @AVFCOfficial #avfc #utv
— Adam (@BoscoJankovic1) May 15, 2018
THANK YOU MR XIA!
— Ryan (@ryan114av) May 15, 2018
Thanks for giving us our club back
— Nick (@NickRedV) May 15, 2018
If anyone should be on the pitch it should be you, good times #avfc
— Tony Donnelly (@donners99) May 15, 2018
Thank you @Dr_TonyXia ... for everything!
— AVFC California (@avfccalifornia) May 15, 2018
Thank you. You have brought the feel good factor back to aston villa. Sir we salute you
— Matthew Blackshadowuk (@5fe0cf4408024c0) May 16, 2018
Thank you for getting our club back Tony. So grateful
— George (@AVGeorge_) May 15, 2018
That's for all that you have done for Aston villa
— Lee Cooper (@villac220) May 15, 2018
Thank you for making Villa great again. UTV
— Andy Neale Mann (@AndyAVFCMann) May 15, 2018
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