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Hull City fans jubilant as team secure promotion

Jen Bateman,East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire,
Matt Dean,Wembleyand
Linsey Smith,Wembley
News imagePA Three shirtless young men with their arms spread wide in celebration stand at the front of a crown of Hull City fansPA
Ecstatic Hull City fans celebrate as the full-time whistle blows at Wembley

There were cheers and lots of tears as thousands of Hull City fans celebrated their club's Wembley play-off final win earlier.

The Tigers beat Middlesbrough 1-0 to secure a place in the Premier League next season, courtesy of Oli McBurnie's late, close-range strike.

The 1-0 result means the Tigers are promoted to the top flight after nine years away.

Fans will be able to celebrate the club's victory with an open-top bus parade through the city's streets on Monday, it has been confirmed.

The parade will begin in Ferensway at 15:10 BST and tour the city before arriving at City Hall about an hour later.

News imagePA Tigers fans in the stands at Wembley holding flags and a large cardboard cut out of Oli McBurnie's facePA
Dedicated fans had travelled to Wembley on the hottest day of the year to cheer their team to promotion
News imageBBC/ Matt Dean A family all wearing Hull City shirts, a woman with grey hair is seated in a wheelchair, behind her are three men all with brown hair and smiling.BBC/ Matt Dean
Sylvia Fewster, from Hull, was attending her first game after she had cataract surgery six weeks ago. She said: "I could see everything, and I've not been able to do for many years. It was worth having that done!"
News imageBBC/ Linsey Smith Two young men hold their fists aloft and smile, the man on the left is wearing sunglasses, then man on the right is wearing a Hull City football shirt.BBC/ Linsey Smith
Henri Ashwell (left) travelled from Mauritius for the match and was celebrating with brother Morgan
News imageBBC / Linsey Smith A shirtless man wearing sunglasses has sunburned skin and a big smile as hestands in front of Wembley StadiumBBC / Linsey Smith
Jamie Petrigrew said: "There's the top of the world - and I'm even higher. I'm on Mars!"
News imageBBC / Linsey Smith A bald man wearing a Hull city shirt holds his fists aloft BBC / Linsey Smith
Dean Cartlidge said: "We are back to the promised land"

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