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The Tigers will face Bristol City in the Coca-Cola Championship play-off final on May 24 for the right to join West Brom and Stoke in the top flight next season after completing a 6-1 aggregate win over Watford in the semi-finals on Wednesday night.

"As a coach and a manager obviously it is a massive high," said Brown.

Goals from Nick Barmby, Caleb Folan, Richard Garcia and Nathan Doyle completed a comeback over Adrian Boothroyd's side in the second leg and secured a 4-1 victory after Darius Henderson's opener had briefly stunned a packed KC Stadium.

Promotion would represent an incredible turnaround for Brown's men, who finished last season fourth from bottom, and the 48-year-old is well aware of the magnitude of what has been achieved over the last 12 months.

He added: "As a player I've played at Wembley and been involved in play-offs and promotions, but nothing tops this. It means a lot to everyone."

It was Barmby's 43rd-minute close-range header which swung the tie firmly back in Hull's favour and cancelled out Henderson's 12th-minute opener.

Brown was full of praise for the integral part the 34-year-old former England international has played.

Brown added: "I thought Watford catered for him very well in the first 35 minutes, but I call him the maestro. He's a little wizard, he's a genius with the football.

"A lot of players at this football club during the course of this season - Nick Barmby being one of them - have been written off by a lot of individuals, but he's responded again."