Wild Scenes As Promoted Cardiff Savour Reading Revelry

That was abundantly clear astatine Reading, arsenic nan supporters serenaded nan players and staff, singing and dancing, drenched successful champagne.

Barry-Murphy had not allowed his squad to scheme celebrations until promotion was confirmed, truthful he did not cognize really they would people nan juncture connected Saturday night.

"I deliberation it's nan champion way," he said. "Tonight will beryllium unknown.

"I was astatine a fans' forum astatine Aberdare precocious and they were beautiful clear if we returned location aft securing promotion, nan consequence would beryllium incredible, truthful possibly a stop-off there."

On Wednesday, Cardiff tin bask a statement astatine location erstwhile they big Port Vale successful beforehand of what will surely beryllium a bumper crowd.

There will past beryllium 1 much fixture astatine Cardiff City Stadium, against Northampton connected Saturday 25 April, earlier nan Bluebirds decorativeness their run astatine Mansfield Town a week later.

This pressure-free run-in, nan shot season's balanced of a thigh of honour, is simply a uncommon luxury for Cardiff.

In erstwhile eras, this shape of a run would punctual fearfulness and worry among nan club's supporters, who had go utilized to watching their squad suffer nan agony of play-off failures and nan ignominy of late-season, promotion-busting capitulations.

This time, they tin bask nan thrust and return successful nan sights of League One they dream not to spot again for different 2 decades – aliases longer.

"It's awesome for nan players," said Barry-Murphy. "We haven't had galore players who person knowledgeable this, truthful for galore of our players to person nan emotion of performing successful nan measurement that we did nether specified unit was awesome for them.

"And it does lead you connected to dreaming astir adjacent play and what we could achieve."