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| Cardiff City parade: Thousands cheer as team shows Championship Cup | |
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| Thousands of Cardiff City football fans are lining the streets of Cardiff city centre as their team shows of the Championship Cup in a parade. | |
| The bright late spring sunshine has brought families and fans young and old out to line the streets. | The bright late spring sunshine has brought families and fans young and old out to line the streets. |
| Manager Malky Mackay lead his team out of the Cardiff Castle on foot and along High Street where they boarded three open-top double-decker buses. | |
| Later there will be a reception in the Senedd at Cardiff Bay and fireworks. | Later there will be a reception in the Senedd at Cardiff Bay and fireworks. |
| A large crowd of fans of all ages gathered outside the castle before the start of the parade, with an occasional cry of "Bluebirds, Bluebirds" coming from the more energetic. | |
| Hundreds more lined High Street, where the players walked with the cup, before getting onto the specially-decorated buses for the journey to the bay. | |
| There were wild cheers and the sounds of klaxons as the buses passed slowly on their way. | |
| The team secured promotion to the Premier League last month after staying at the top of the Championship since November last year. | The team secured promotion to the Premier League last month after staying at the top of the Championship since November last year. |
| It came exactly 53 years to the day Cardiff last won promotion to football's top tier. | It came exactly 53 years to the day Cardiff last won promotion to football's top tier. |
| Former schoolboy Cardiff City goalkeeper David Sherwood. 47 from Pontypridd who is with his son David Mico-Sherwood, were awaiting the parade with the rest of the crowd. | |
| He played as a City youth goalie from 12 to 16 and said he could not have imagined a day like this. | He played as a City youth goalie from 12 to 16 and said he could not have imagined a day like this. |
| "I started playing football at seven. I'm still playing 40 years later. I just love football. Its psychotic but a nice psychotic," he said. | "I started playing football at seven. I'm still playing 40 years later. I just love football. Its psychotic but a nice psychotic," he said. |
| "Forget the lottery, this means more to me. " | "Forget the lottery, this means more to me. " |
| After the open-tour bus parade arrives in the bay, the Football League trophy will be paraded by members of the Welsh Guards before being presented to Malky Mackay by Cardiff council leader Heather Joyce on the stage. | |
| A number of roads have been closed in the city centre to allow the open-top bus to make its way to the bay. | A number of roads have been closed in the city centre to allow the open-top bus to make its way to the bay. |
| The celebration includes a reception at the Senedd, hosted by Education Minister and Bluebirds fan Leighton Andrews AM, along with Welsh government representatives. | The celebration includes a reception at the Senedd, hosted by Education Minister and Bluebirds fan Leighton Andrews AM, along with Welsh government representatives. |
| A firework display over the harbour will round off the celebrations. | A firework display over the harbour will round off the celebrations. |