Hull City will play Premier League football again next season in spite of going down 1-0 to champions Manchester United.
Newcastle's defeat at Aston Villa saw the Tigers preserve their top-flight status by the narrowest of margins.
For thirteen first-half minutes City looked destined for the drop after falling behind to Darron Gibson's magnificent right-foot strike.
But news soon filtered through that the Magpies had fallen behind at Villa Park and as the final whistle blew in the Midlands, the Tigers fans were able to celebrate.
In truth Phil Brown's men rarely looked capable of controlling their own destiny and the visitors' much-changed line-up - Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo and a host of star names were rested ahead of the UEFA Champions League final - could easily have run out more convincing victors.
United made 10 changes in all ahead of Wednesday but the final score meant there could be no complaints.
Hull started brightly by winning two early corners and a long ball from Michael Turner put Craig Fagan in on goal but the forward could not control and Tomasz Kuszczak gathered.
Geovanni then broke clear down the left twice in quick succession but the Brazilian's first cross just evaded Fagan and Kuszczak punched his second clear.
Nani had United's first serious attempt from a free-kick 30 yards out but Boaz Myhill was not troubled.
Hull were almost caught on the counter-attack when a vicious low cross from Rafael da Silva almost found the onrushing Lee Martin.
United then struggled to clear a corner from Andy Dawson and the ball broke to Marney but his shot was easily saved by Kuszczak.
United stunned Hull by taking the lead in the 24th minute with a ferocious strike from Gibson.
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