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| Sell-out to see Swansea promoted | Sell-out to see Swansea promoted |
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| Thousands of Swansea City fans watched their team clinch promotion - home and away this afternoon. | Thousands of Swansea City fans watched their team clinch promotion - home and away this afternoon. |
| The League One leaders need a win at relegation-threatened Gillingham to guarantee their first promotion to football's second tier for 24 years. | The League One leaders need a win at relegation-threatened Gillingham to guarantee their first promotion to football's second tier for 24 years. |
| The club sold out its 1,400 allocation for the trip to Kent but another sell-out included 2,000 tickets sold for a TV relay at the Liberty Stadium. | The club sold out its 1,400 allocation for the trip to Kent but another sell-out included 2,000 tickets sold for a TV relay at the Liberty Stadium. |
| The match ended 2-1 to the Swans after two quick goals just before half time. | The match ended 2-1 to the Swans after two quick goals just before half time. |
| Hospitality suites around the stadium showed the match on TV. | Hospitality suites around the stadium showed the match on TV. |
| The club managed to get permission from the Football League and Gillingham to show the match, but these tickets too have been snapped up quickly. | The club managed to get permission from the Football League and Gillingham to show the match, but these tickets too have been snapped up quickly. |
| Earlier, tense faces as the match wore on | |
| Swans legend Alan Curtis, who watched the match at the Liberty Stadium, said afterwards: "It's been 24 long years, we're back to where we belong, let's hope we can push on." | |
| Fan and radio presenter Mal Pope added: "Today we had to scrap for a win, but what a fantastic event!" | |
| Peter Richards, a season ticket holder, was one of those attending the screening. | Peter Richards, a season ticket holder, was one of those attending the screening. |
| Before the game he said: "There will be a lot of Swansea shirts, a lot of screaming and shouting and a lot of nail-biting, that's for certain." | Before the game he said: "There will be a lot of Swansea shirts, a lot of screaming and shouting and a lot of nail-biting, that's for certain." |
| Two late goals at home to Bournemouth had cost the chance of promotion last weekend. | Two late goals at home to Bournemouth had cost the chance of promotion last weekend. |
| "I was telling the supporter next to me at the Liberty that in all my life, of 54 years supporting the Swans, I'd never been present at a game when they'd won promotion | "I was telling the supporter next to me at the Liberty that in all my life, of 54 years supporting the Swans, I'd never been present at a game when they'd won promotion |
| "It looked as if Saturday was going to be the day but in the final two, apocalyptic minutes the smile was wiped off my face." | "It looked as if Saturday was going to be the day but in the final two, apocalyptic minutes the smile was wiped off my face." |