5,000-1, relegation-threatened late last season, a manager who had never won a top division league title.
You've heard it all before, but you better leave it sink in, because after 100 days and nights atop the Premier League table, Leicester City are champions - and have surpassed the '69 Jets, Buster Douglas and the Greece team from Euro 2004 as arguably the greatest surprise package in the history of sport.
Tensions were high as Jamie Vardy and co. watched the dying seconds of Tottenham's 2-2 draw at Chelsea, but once the final whistle went all hell broke loose, both amongst the players and in pubs across the city.
Both at Vardy's party and elsewhere, the football world reacted to the East Midlands' club monumental achievement, and as you can imagine, the mood was almost exclusively congratulatory, but Vardy did rather ingeniously have a scrawl at Spurs after their 'pride of lions' tweet a couple of weeks back.
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— Jamie Vardy (@vardy7) May 2, 2016
CHAMPIONS!!!! pic.twitter.com/pFtvo5XUNx
— Christian Fuchs (@FuchsOfficial) 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 💙💙💙💙💙💙
— DANNY SIMPSON (@dannysimpson) May 2, 2016
Congratulations to Leicester on what they achieved. Finally thanks to all the fans! Let's finish the season strong now! #COYS
— Harry Kane (@HKane) May 2, 2016
Leicester City have won the Premier League. The biggest sporting shock of my lifetime, and it's only my team.
— Gary Lineker 💙💛 (@GaryLineker) May 2, 2016
Huge congrats to Leicester City! What a story! @LCFC
— Toni Kroos (@ToniKroos) May 2, 2016
Congratulations to both Leicester and my friend Claudio Ranieri for their historic win of the Premier League https://t.co/WWGPAVNp1E
— Carlo Ancelotti (@MrAncelotti) May 2, 2016
Congratulations to the new Champions of England, Leicester City. Respect.
— Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) May 2, 2016
Congratulations to Leicester on winning the league title. What an unbelievable performance over the course of the season!
— Bastian Schweinsteiger (@BSchweinsteiger) May 2, 2016
Leicester city..🏆champion.
Congratulations to the players and to an amazing manager as RANIERI! 👏🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾— Mario Balotelli (@FinallyMario) May 2, 2016
Congratulations to @kschmeichel1 and his @LCFC teammates for winning @premierleague 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
— Peter Schmeichel (@Pschmeichel1) May 2, 2016
Proud does not cover it. Can't find the right words. (I can but they'll block my account if I use them!) https://t.co/xQ2Eqm7MCe
— Peter Schmeichel (@Pschmeichel1) May 2, 2016
Congratulations to Leicester city on winning the premier league! What an incredible achievement! pic.twitter.com/fA0HYp3hbb
— Robin van Persie (@Persie_Official) May 2, 2016
That footage of the Leicester players celebrating at the final whistle is priceless. What a team. #Champions
— Michael Owen (@themichaelowen) May 2, 2016
Gutted for the Spurs boys but you have to respect what Leicester have just done... Gotta be THE greatest sporting achievements of all time!
— Andros Townsend (@andros_townsend) May 2, 2016
Vardy's avin a party.... Congratulations @LCFC fully deserved
— Ryan Bertrand (@ryanbertrand3) May 2, 2016
Well done Leicester. 👋🏻👋🏻
— Joey Barton (@Joey7Barton) May 2, 2016
Complimenti a #Ranieri e al @LCFC! Non era semplice vincere contro le big della #PremierLeague
#Leicester #lecosebelledelcalcio— Roberto Mancini (@robymancio) May 2, 2016
