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| Cardiff City: Thousands cheer players as they arrive in bay | Cardiff City: Thousands cheer players as they arrive in bay |
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| Thousands of Cardiff City fans have cheered their team at the end of an open-top bus tour marking their promotion to the Premier League. | Thousands of Cardiff City fans have cheered their team at the end of an open-top bus tour marking their promotion to the Premier League. |
| Earlier, a convoy of three buses carried the squad and their Championship Cup in a joyful parade from Cardiff Castle to the bay. | Earlier, a convoy of three buses carried the squad and their Championship Cup in a joyful parade from Cardiff Castle to the bay. |
| Manager Malky Mackay lead his team out of the castle on foot and Craig Bellamy was lifted into the air with the cup. | Manager Malky Mackay lead his team out of the castle on foot and Craig Bellamy was lifted into the air with the cup. |
| The players are now at a Senedd reception but will reappear later. | The players are now at a Senedd reception but will reappear later. |
| A day of celebration will then be rounded off with a fireworks display over the bay. | A day of celebration will then be rounded off with a fireworks display over the bay. |
| After a journey accompanied by many fans through the city, the three-bus convoy stopped close to the Wales Millennium Centre as hundreds of people surged around and the cup was repeatedly shown up and dangled to the cheering crowd. | After a journey accompanied by many fans through the city, the three-bus convoy stopped close to the Wales Millennium Centre as hundreds of people surged around and the cup was repeatedly shown up and dangled to the cheering crowd. |
| The players have been ushered away for a private reception hosted by Education Minister Leighton Andrews, a keen Bluebirds fan, and other Welsh government representatives. | The players have been ushered away for a private reception hosted by Education Minister Leighton Andrews, a keen Bluebirds fan, and other Welsh government representatives. |
| Later they will reappear and be presented to the thousands of fans thronging Roald Dahl Plass in the evening sunshine. | Later they will reappear and be presented to the thousands of fans thronging Roald Dahl Plass in the evening sunshine. |
| 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. | 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. |
| All traffic has been stopped from going into the bay area as the crowds throng around. | All traffic has been stopped from going into the bay area as the crowds throng around. |
| Among the many who have come to see the promotion-winning team, were Ian and Lisa Williams from Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend county, and their children Ioan, seven, Ethan, three and Cody, eight months. | |
| Mrs Williams said:" It's been a fantastic day and so good for the kids. We got here early and brought our own picnic." | |
| She added: "The children were excited to come because they know that daddy goes to football all the time and it was good for them to see what that was about. | |
| "Daddy loves football so much Ethan's middle name is Ninian (the name of Cardiff's former ground)." | |
| Jane Fenner, from Canton, Cardiff joined the celebration with her husband Mark, daughter Anwen, 11, and sons Dafydd, nine, and Tomos, six. | |
| She said: "We got here late because we were at a rugby tournament in Usk for Dafydd. My husband was a bit panicky in case we missed it." | |
| But the family arrived in time to see the buses arrive with the cup. Relaxing after the team had moved on, Mrs Fenner said; "It reminded me of the Olympics last year, it's a carnival atmosphere." | |
| Earlier, large crowd of fans of all ages gathered outside Cardiff Castle to catch the the start of the parade. | |
| Hundreds more lined High Street, where the players walked holding the cup aloft before getting onto the specially-decorated buses for the journey to the bay. | Hundreds more lined High Street, where the players walked holding the cup aloft 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. | 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 with his son David Mico-Sherwood, awaited the start of 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. " |