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Wolves are going up! Players share promotion joy

Wolves players and personalities took to social media to share their joy as the club secured promotion to the Premier League.

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Wolves players shared their joy at promotion online.

Gaining passage to the top flight for the first time since 2012, Wolves did so in Nuno's first season in charge of the club.

Sitting top of the table, Wolves can claim the Championship title next week, with Cardiff's win over Norwich ensuring that they cannot lift the trophy this weekend.

Barry Douglas was one of the first players to tweet his delight at the news:

Wolves' Twitter account also shared a video of the players' celebrations as promotion was secured.

Staff, players and many more went wild, as the club watched the game together.

Ryan Bennett was also thrilled with the confirmation of the club's return to the top flight:

Meanwhile Laurie Dalrymple, Wolves' managing director had a simple message:

Carl Ikeme, who was diagnosed with Leukaemia at the beginning of the season was eager to meet up with his Wolves teammates following the news:

Wolverhampton University tweeted a picture of Ruben Neves celebrating his highly acclaimed volley against Derby in congratulations to the club.

The Portuguese midfielder has been key in gaining promotion for Nuno this season, scoring a number of superb goals

Michal Zyro, currently on-loan at Charlton, congratulated his parent club:

Even Brentford, who's late equaliser secured Nuno's side's passage to the Premier League, tweeted a tongue in cheek response as Wolves said hello to the top flight on Twitter:

Gary Lineker admitted to looking forward to introducing Nuno's side on Match of the Day next season - and congratulated the team on Twitter:

Kortney Hause, who recently signed a new deal keeping him at the club until 2022 was another player to share his delight.

Whilst Ivan Cavaleiro also tweeted a video commemorating the club's success.

Matt Doherty shared the video of Wolves' celebrations on Instagram, claiming that the feeling among the squad was 'unbelievable', whilst Jordan Graham defined his delight with a collection of emojis.

Meanwhile, Kristian Thomas, former Team GB Gymnast and Olympic, World, European & Commonwealth Medalist, from Wolverhampton shared his delight online.

Finally, Cure Leukaemia delivered a touching message congratulating the team not only on winning promotion, but also by revealing that they'd helped raise £130,000 in support of Carl Ikeme.