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| Cardiff City promotion: Details of open top bus parade through Cardiff | Cardiff City promotion: Details of open top bus parade through Cardiff |
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| Cardiff City have revealed details of their celebratory open top bus parade marking their promotion to the Premier League. | Cardiff City have revealed details of their celebratory open top bus parade marking their promotion to the Premier League. |
| Sunday's parade will start at Cardiff Castle at 17:45 BST and finish in Cardiff Bay after 21:00 with a firework display. | Sunday's parade will start at Cardiff Castle at 17:45 BST and finish in Cardiff Bay after 21:00 with a firework display. |
| The Bluebirds are back in the top flight of football for the first time in 51 years. | The Bluebirds are back in the top flight of football for the first time in 51 years. |
| Thousands of fans expected to celebrate are being told to arrive early. | Thousands of fans expected to celebrate are being told to arrive early. |
| The club has released details of the parade on its website. Cardiff council is also expected to release details of traffic diversions and road closures later | The club has released details of the parade on its website. Cardiff council is also expected to release details of traffic diversions and road closures later |
| City manager Malky Mackay and the squad will emerge from Cardiff Castle with the Championship trophy, between 17:45 BST and 18:15 on Sunday. | City manager Malky Mackay and the squad will emerge from Cardiff Castle with the Championship trophy, between 17:45 BST and 18:15 on Sunday. |
| Players will then walk to High Street carrying the cup before boarding open-top doubler deck buses for the remainder of the journey to the bay. | |
| The Bluebirds will then make their way down St Mary Street by bus, passing Mill Lane corner as the team celebrate with fans in the city centre. | The Bluebirds will then make their way down St Mary Street by bus, passing Mill Lane corner as the team celebrate with fans in the city centre. |
| The buses will then travel down Callaghan Square and Lloyd George Avenue, heading to Cardiff Bay. | The buses will then travel down Callaghan Square and Lloyd George Avenue, heading to Cardiff Bay. |
| The club said the squad is expected to arrive at the Wales Millennium Centre between 19:00 and 19:45 BST ahead of a reception at the Senedd. It will be hosted by Bluebirds fan and Education Minister Leighton Andrews in his capacity as Rhondda AM. | |
| Supporters should turn at Roald Dahl Plass from 15:00 BST where opera singer Wynne Evans and live bands will provide entertainment. | Supporters should turn at Roald Dahl Plass from 15:00 BST where opera singer Wynne Evans and live bands will provide entertainment. |
| Between 20:30 BST and 21:15 BST the squad will be introduced on stage to supporters at Roald Dahl Plass. | Between 20:30 BST and 21:15 BST the squad will be introduced on stage to supporters at Roald Dahl Plass. |
| The Football League trophy will be then be paraded by members of the Welsh Guards before being presented to Malky Mackay by Cardiff council leader Heather Joyce on the stage. | The Football League trophy will be then be paraded by members of the Welsh Guards before being presented to Malky Mackay by Cardiff council leader Heather Joyce on the stage. |
| A firework display over the harbour will round off the celebrations. | A firework display over the harbour will round off the celebrations. |