...and it is. The party may continue long into the night but our coverage is ending. Thank you for being with us!

Seb Cheer
at LNER Community Stadium

Arguably the most important man on the pitch: the mascot, Steve Ovenden, better known as Yorkie the Lion.

"I’m still emotional. Look at this, the public of York out to see us. There’s been a lot of hurt over the years at this football club.

"It’s about Matthew and Julie-Anne. They’ve put together a fabulous team, a fabulous manager. Crikey, it’s just amazing. This club is going to go forward and forward and forward."

Player Zak Johnson says he's "just delighted for everyone".

"I'm delighted for the city and the fans.

"This season everyone just came together and we had a goal in mind which was to win the league and get to the Football League and credit, that's what's happened.

"We want to do the double and get promoted again and be playing with freedom and enjoyment, keeping that togetherness in the group is going to get us there."

Paul Ogden
Football commentator, BBC Radio Leeds

The champagne corks are coming down from everywhere on to our heads.

The players are really milking this and rightly so, because a few of them have had to be really patient for this biggest moment in their careers so far.

The chemistry in this York City squad is something the manager Stuart Maynard should take credit for.

Manager Stuart Maynard pays tribute to owners Matthew and Julie-Anne Uggla.

"We've got a special ownership here. They've done incredible on and off the pitch. We've got a special management team behind the pitch, they've done incredible work.

"Without them we don't have the success we have."

Maynard also thanks the fans.

"Most importantly, you the fans, supporting us home and away you're absolutely incredible. You deserve this, ten year's of hurt, we're back where we are. This is just the start of the journey. We're ready to go again."

Seb Cheer
at LNER Community Stadium

Andrew Gilbertson, 37, pictured right with his cousin, aunt and uncle, says it feels "fantastic" to be here.

"It's still a bit surreal and it's not really sunk in but it feels good and more than anything it feels exciting that we can crack on, get into League Two and start playing some proper big teams again."

Steve Ryder, 59, started supporting York City in 2000. He says he hopes the promotion will bring more money and more people to the club.

"It means bigger clubs, more money, more away fans coming to the ground instead of the 60, 70, 100 people who used to turn up," he says.

"I was gutted last season when we didn’t make it. But this year we’ve beaten our achievement."

Player Malachi Fagan-Walcott says the win is "the biggest moment of his career".

“I thought it was over (when Rochdale scored), but when their fans stormed the pitch I just knew we had to turn it around, and what can I say…the football gods intervened.

“It was agony to ecstasy in the space of four minutes," he says.

"You couldn't predict this, it's like Leicester winning the Premier League, you can't predict two people scoring in the 90th minute. It's unbelievable."

This is how the York City players celebrated immediately after the final whistle - including presenting the trophy to fans

Nicola Rees
at LNER Community Stadium

York City's club photographer, Tom Poole, and his children, Hatty and Otis, have got their hands on the trophy.

Tom told us:“We saw the trophy at the game on Saturday, but we just didn’t want to get too close, we couldn’t bear to touch it or jinx it.

“It’s just amazing to hold it now. I’ve been a fan for 20 years and this means the world.”

Image source, BBC/Nicola Rees

Seb Cheer
at LNER Community Stadium

BREAKING NEWS from the promotion party as co-owner Julie-Anne Uggla tells the crowd a bus parade has been confirmed for next week.

She says she was disappointed when the council and police said proposals for a bus parade were not viable earlier this week but “we don’t want to be controversial”.

North Yorkshire Police had previously said "elements of the plan are unclear, with a significant lack of detail, and unresolved safety concerns".

Amy Garcia
Presenter, BBC Look North

Julie-Anne Uggla and her son Matthew purchased York City in June 2023, and what a journey it has been in three years.

Julie-Anne told me: “We’re just so proud; we’re planning a three-day party in Ibiza for the whole team. We’ll be having cocktails on the beach.”

Fiona Callow
BBC Yorkshire

It was a bright, sunny day in York when 4,500 fans started to stream away from a football stadium which has seen it all.

Tears, last-gasp goals and euphoria - all for a match played about 65 miles away.

For York City FC supporters, the moment had been 10 years in the making. A return to the English Football League after securing a 1-1 draw against Rochdale AFC.

A sold-out crowd who could not get to the match had been looking on via big screens.

"It's emotional," 39-year-old Rich Noonan said, his voice hoarse from cheering.

"When we scored my kids were crying, sobbing with happiness. It's such a special moment."

Read more on how fans watching the game in York reacted to promotion.

Seb Cheer
at LNER Community Stadium

The crowd erupts into a huge round of applause as co-owners Matt and Julie-Anne Uggla run out onto the pitch. They soak it all in as the crowd chant “York are going up, Ole Ole” and “Championes”. The programme hasn’t even officially started but the atmosphere is electric and the excitement - and volume - are huge.

Image source, PA Media

Clubs who win promotion generally tend to enjoy an open-top bus parade around the town or city they call home.

But tonight we're at the stadium rather than touring the historic streets of York.

That's because the plan for a parade submitted by the club was turned down by the authorities.

City of York Council and North Yorkshire Police said proposals for a bus parade, due to be held yesterday, were rejected due to time constraints around preparation.

A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said: "Unfortunately, critical elements of the plan are unclear, with a significant lack of detail, and unresolved safety concerns."

They said they believed the plans were "not fit for purpose" within the short timescale.

In a statement, City of York Council said the "event plan from the club lacked key details and that raised concerns".

However, a petition calling for the council and the police to reverse their decision, saying that York City had achieved "something extraordinary", has already attracted more than 2,000 signatures.

Could Andy Williams, pictured below with friend Tom Dixon, be the first fan to get a celebratory tattoo?

The 44-year-old proudly showed his body ink as he stood waiting for the party to begin.

He is looking forward to visiting Grimsby Town at Blundell Park next season - if the Mariners don't get promoted.

Alongside him, Tom, 45, said the win had been a "long-time coming".

"It’s been a fantastic last couple of years and we really deserve it after the disappointment of last year," he said.

"It means everything, not just for the club but for everyone in York. It’s strange coming from such a huge city with such a history and to be in something like the National League - it means the world to us."

David Ward
BBC Radio York commentator

BBC Radio York commentator David Ward has been covering the club for 12 years - but has been a fan for four decades.

Hear the spine-tingling moments as he and co-commentator Iain Dunn relayed the drama of the final seconds of Saturday's game.

Ian Woodcock
BBC Sport

Image source, Getty Images

While the game at Rochdale may have been the ultimate nail-biter, it came after a long season.

York and Rochdale had accumulated huge points totals with the Minstermen needing only a draw to go up.

Even the fixtures computer at the start of the season couldn't know the drama it would throw up when it churned out the final day's games.

Here's more on how we got to THAT game.

Seb Cheer
at LNER Community Stadium

Image source, BBC/Seb Cheer

I was at the front of the gates just before the gates opened.

I was talking to a family with two boys aged seven and four - mum claims she is still 21!

The youngsters told me about how excited they were to get in.

Dad says he's been a fan for 36 years with mum picking up the habit 20 years ago when the couple met.

"Excited" was their one word review about tonight - with the boys equally as chuffed to be staying up late for the celebrations.

I gave other people in the queue a 3,2,1 to hear their cheers... see the results below:

David Ward
BBC Radio York commentator

This evening's promotion party is a chance for supporters to come and celebrate only the second title York City have won in their history.

The first, and only one, before Saturday's dramatic finale at Rochdale, was back in the 1983-84 season when City won the old Division Four title under Denis Smith.

With about 1,600 York fans allowed to be at the Crown Oil Arena in Rochdale, this is the first time players and supporters will have to celebrate together.

It's the end of a unprecedented season that saw them smash a whole host of records on their way to collecting 108 points and scoring a ridiculous 114 goals.

And with confusion over whether the team will be granted an open-top bus parade through the city, moe than 5,000 supporters will be inside the LNER to honour their heroes.