Sir Patrick Stewart had an adorable reaction to his football team being promoted

For a football fan, a penalty shootout in the play-off finals -- with the chance of your team being promoted to the Premier League, no less -- is about as tense as it gets.

And it's even more tense when you're not 100% sure what's going on.

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On Monday, Huddersfield took on Reading in the Championship Final. The winner would be promoted to the Premier League, while the loser would stay down in the Championship.

Live-tweeting the action was Sir Patrick Stewart's son, Daniel. He and his dad were in the crowd to support Huddersfield.

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With no goals in the first 90 minutes or in extra time, the game eventually went to penalties.

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And when the final result came in, some fans were clearly so tense they totally lost track of what was going on:

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Here's Sir Patrick Stewart being interviewed after the game (jump to 0:30 for the bit where he talks about the penalty shootout):

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"I have to tell you, I thought there were two more penalties," says Stewart in the clip above. "I didn't realise that the penalties were over.

"So I was turning away when I heard this yell and realised it's all over!"

Well, at least it was a nice surprise.

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