Leicester City Win The Premiership, Team Go Absolutely Nuts

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Leicester have been crowned Barclays Premier League champions after Tottenham drew 2-2 at Chelsea.

Jamie Vardy hosted the team at his home and this clip shows their reaction at the very moment they realised they'd won it.

CHAMPIONS!!!! pic.twitter.com/pFtvo5XUNx

β€” Christian Fuchs (@FuchsOfficial) May 2, 2016

The tweet had 137,000 retweets within 30 minutes.

Claudio Ranieri's team were 5000/1 outsiders at the beginning of the season meaning anyone placing Β£20 on them would now be Β£100,000 better off.

The result means bookmakers William Hill will be paying out Β£2.2 million pounds.

Leicester City players gather at Jamie Vardy's house
Leicester City players gather at Jamie Vardy's house
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And it was all very sporting.

Congratulations to @LCFC on winning the @PremierLeague.

β€” Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 2, 2016

Thanks, @SpursOfficial. An amazing season. https://t.co/FDylMDQQDQ

β€” Leicester City (@LCFC) May 2, 2016

I swear to god I fucking love this team. You don't understand. No one does. Fucking unreal. I don't know what to do. #vardyparty πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™πŸ’™

β€” Danny Simpson (@dannysimpson) May 2, 2016

Leicester City have won the Premier League. The biggest sporting shock of my lifetime, and it's only my team.

β€” Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) May 2, 2016

Cheers!@GaryLineker celebrates Leicester's win in style...https://t.co/xKHzQK5Rsr pic.twitter.com/KE2b7GGuF2

β€” BBC Sport (@BBCSport) May 2, 2016

Fans gathered around Leicester and outside the King Power Stadium to celebrate.

Hey we're #HavingAParty @LCFC Come on down to #Leicester @selinasandhu_ @Thomaslaw92 @KylieLaw88 pic.twitter.com/gzPs4s6eEB

β€” Kishan Maru (Kishie) (@KoffeeWithKish) May 2, 2016

The scenes at the King Power Stadium are incredible. TV crews everywhere! #lcfc #champions pic.twitter.com/4JanHVuvKe

β€” LeicesterCityCouncil (@Leicester_News) May 2, 2016

Leicester!!!!!!!!!!!!πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ pic.twitter.com/OxtWxaHHcu

β€” David Rosemary (@BeatsByStan) May 2, 2016

Some roads even appeared to be gridlocked with honking vehicles.

LEICESTER!πŸ†πŸΊ pic.twitter.com/Iyr8JsEz7d

β€” Pav (@Paaav_) May 2, 2016

The remarkable outcome to the season has bee a true football fairytale.

They lost just three games in what has been described as "the most unlikely triumph in the history of team sport".

Former Leicester player, Gary Lineker said: "I can't think of anything that surpasses it in sporting history. It is difficult to put over in words.

"I got emotional. It was hard to breathe. I was a season ticket holder from the age of seven. This is actually impossible."

Leicester still have two games to play, the first against Everton on Saturday.

More to follow...

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Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
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The Foxes needed Chelsea to do them a favour by preventing Tottenham Hotspur from winning at Stamford Bridge - and they did so with the game ending 2-2.

Supporters climbed the city's clock tower and partied near the club's King Power Stadium on Monday night and a video of the players erupting in cheers as they learned the news was posted online.

Fans had also packed into the Local Hero pub in Aylestone Road, near the stadium. Curtis Leal, 27, of Leicester, said: "I'm in tears, I just can't believe it. What a moment!"

It was the second day in a row the bars and pubs in the East Midlands city were packed out with fans following the action.

The Foxes could have clinched the title themselves on Sunday with a win against Manchester United.

But the game ended 1-1 at Old Trafford after captain Wes Morgan equalised following an early Anthony Martial volley.

A feisty affair between the two London clubs saw Tottenham race into a first-half lead, before Gary Cahill scored to give Chelsea, and Leicester, hope. Eden Hazard equalised for the west London club with eight minutes remaining.

But Tottenham's draw meant the Foxes now have an unassailable lead in the league with two games left to play.

Kimberley Brainer, 22, said: "I don't know whether to laugh or cry - I knew I was going to have a meltdown.

"You've got to give credit to (Claudio) Ranieri, he's been amazing."

Jagdeep Tumber, 19, said: "It won't feel real until I see Wes Morgan or Andy King, who has been at the club through our lowest point, lifting the trophy.

"Just to say that we are champions of England is just incredible."

Gagandeep Bola, 19, said: "We were 5000/1 and we've done it. Incredible."

At least 1,000 fans arrived at the stadium to mark Leicester's historic title win and police officers were photographed joining in the celebrations.

Crowds chanted "Leicester 'til I die" and "Championes!" to mark the Foxes clinching the title.

Richard Hamilton, 23, said: "It's just amazing, the city has come out for this and it's just brilliant for the fans and the city as a whole."

City defender Christian Fuchs posted a video on his official Twitter account showing his team mates, including star striker Jamie Vardy, at the moment they realised they had won.

In a double victory for the city, Leicester-born Mark Selby clinched the snooker world championship just minutes after his home side celebrated their success.

Selby, dubbed "the jester from Leicester" said: "I'd just like to say a big thank you and a big congratulations to Claudio and all the boys at Leicester."

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