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Back in the big time - remembering Man City's promotion party at Blackburn 20 years on

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Manchester City fans must have thought it was happening all over again. After two seasons of hard work and graft following relegation to the third tier, all they needed to do was draw at Blackburn to seal their return to the Premier League for the 2000/01 season.

City had done the hard work the week before, with a tense win over Birmingham. That victory prompted a pitch invasion at Maine Road, and fans duly packed out Ewood Park on the final day - in all sections of the ground - as well as those fans without tickets finding any means necessary to support the team by watching from a hill overlooking Blackburn's ground.

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