Mansfield target Championship

The chairman of Mansfield Town says the club can reach the Championship.

Thousands of people lined the streets to celebrate Mansfield Town's return to the Football League following a five year absence.

John Radford said: "I think we can get into the Championship and that's my target."

Manager Paul Cox called the day an "overwhelming and humbling experience."

He said: "The amount of people just coming out to show their appreciation is out of this world. You can see what it means to the players and the town what we've done this season."

Skipper Adam Murray said: "It's a proud moment for the town and we see from the turnout today that it means a lot."

Thousands of people have lined the streets to celebrate Mansfield Town's return to the Football League after a five-year absence. The Stags paraded the Blue Square Bet Premier League trophy through the town on an opentop bus. Peter Bearne joined them.

This video shows the open-top bus carrying Mansfield Town players and management on their victory parade after promotion back into the Football League.

Mansfield Town FC will this afternoon celebrate its promotion back into the football league with an open top bus procession through all parts of the town.

Players and management are due to pack onto the bus which sets off from the One Call Stadium at 2:45pm.

It will then travel around Mansfield for 45 minutes before ending back at the ground.

To see a detailed interactive map of the route - see our Google Map here.

Players from Mansfield Town Football Club will take part in an open top bus parade today in celebration of the team's return to the Football League.

Mansfield Town were crowned Blue Square Bet Premier champions last weekend following a 1-0 win at home to Wrexham.

The bus will leave One Call Stadium at 3:45pm.

Speaking after Mansfield Town's promotion back into the Football league, team captain Adam Murray said:

"I don't think you can put words on it to be honest. I think it was a mixture of relief and ecstasy and we've really worked hard this season and to get that just reward was the icing on the cake."