Thousands of Sunderland fans have arrived in London ahead of Saturday's League One play-off final.
Sunderland are taking on Wycombe Wanderers at Wembley as they look to earn promotion to the Championship.
Many of the Sunderland supporters have been congregating in Trafalgar Square, as they did for the League Cup final in 2014 and for the EFL Trophy final and the League One play-off final in 2019.
Fans were also seen in Covent Garden, with excitement building ahead of the game.
Over 40,000 Sunderland fans are expected to attend the fixture, with the Black Cats aiming to go up to the second tier after four seasons in League One.
The fans chanted 'I'm Sunderland 'til I die' and lit red flares as they showed their support for their side ahead of the huge game.
Alex Neil's side reached the play-off final after overcoming Sheffield Wednesday in the semi-finals.
Sunderland have endured much frustration at Wembley in the past - they lost eight games in succession at the famous venue before defeating Lincoln City on penalties in the Papa John's Trophy final in 2021. However, due to Covid regulations supporters were not able to attend that fixture.
Neil, who took over as Sunderland boss in February, will hope that his team's excellent support will help them to prevail at Wembley.
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Why is it that fans in europe will do things like this over a childs game but wont gather/protest or even say a word to politicians??? Priorities People,Whats more important,a childs game or your childs future💡if they can gather like this over a game they can do the same in protest💡
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Frunfurt fans invasion inspired Sunderland fans
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im not a sunderland fan but i want them to succeed. the history of the club is too gr8 for them to fail
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Later in 67 minutes 89 seconds Sunderland fans will invasion the pitch to [Crylaugh] face the[byebye] opponents