Tractor Joys: Ipswich Town are promoted to the Premier League – in pictures
Our photographer Tom Jenkins was at Portman Road to witness the scenes as the Tractor Boys’ victory meant a return to the Premier League for the first time since 2002
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Ipswich Town fans sport Kieran McKenna hats ahead of their Championship match against Huddersfield Town
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Of course, one of these had to be in attendance
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Ipswich Town fans gather outside the ground
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There’s fans, flags and flares aplenty
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The fans greet their the arrival of their team’s coach
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They’re pretty pleased to see it
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Not they could get a good view of it because of all the smoke
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When the smoke abates the fans are still cheering
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It’s quite an atmosphere outside the ground
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The atmosphere continues inside the ground before kick-off
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The fans were exercising their vocal chords again in the 27th minute when Wes Burns fired home to open the scoring
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They were cheering again after hearing that Leeds United were losing against Southampton
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A further goal by Omari Hutchinson early in the second half meant that the final whistle brought a 2-0 victory and the fans and players streaming on to the pitch to celebrate promotion to the Premier League
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As the famous saying goes: ‘Some people are on the pitch’
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Harry Clarke celebrates with fans
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As does Conor Chaplin
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And (left to right) Marcus Harness, George Hirst and Jeremy Sarmiento
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Joy and blue smoke abounds at Portman Road
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The fans are happy
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And so is the Ipswich Town captain Sam Morsy when he lifts the trophy alongside his teammates
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The Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna soaks up the adulation from the Portman Road stands ...
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And from George Edmundson
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Harry Clarke is emotional
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Altogether now – ‘We are Premier League, say we are Premier League’
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