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Frank Lampard was emotional about the “special night” after Coventry secured Premier League promotion with a 1-1 draw at battling Blackburn.The Sky Blues knew one point would be enough to end their 25-year exile from the top flight but Rovers drew first blood in the 54th minute when Ryoya Morishita notched his third of the campaign with a deflected strike.But Bobby Thomas had the last word when his towering header in the 84th minute confirmed promotion.

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00:06This is a special night for the football club, which is bigger than all of us.
00:11I think it can never be more clear than that when you see the fans at the end of the
00:15game.
00:15The club has suffered for 25 years in terms of since we've been in the Premier League
00:20and that journey going down to League Two and different football clubs, stadiums.
00:25Credit to everyone involved in those tough years. Mark Robbins, of course, I think he has to have a shout
00:30-out.
00:31But it's a massive, massive achievement from everyone involved and it's really special.
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