Tens of thousands celebrate Burnley's Championship title win
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Tens of thousands of football fans have lined the streets of Burnley to celebrate their side winning the Championship.
Manager Vincent Kompany and the players rode in an open-top bus parade through the town to their Turf Moor ground.
The Clarets clinched the title with a 1-0 away win against rivals Blackburn Rovers in the east Lancashire derby, after earlier winning promotion.
Newly crowned King Charles III has said in the past that he is a Burnley fan.
Former NFL star JJ Watt, who has just invested in the club as a minority shareholder, and his wife Kealia, who is an ex-USA football international, also joined the parade.
The team enjoyed a civic reception before the open-top bus parade.
Vincent Kompany's Burnley secured promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt with a 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough in April.
Burnley rounded off their spectacular season in the Championship with a 3-0 win over Cardiff City on Monday that saw the hosts break the 100-point barrier.
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