Ipswich Town fans leave extraordinary sea of litter through the town centre as supporters enjoy boozy celebrations to mark Premier Leage promotion - with council bosses telling them: 'Keep the memories, we'll handle the mess'

Ipswich Town fans have left behind an extraordinary sea of litter as supporters enjoyed boozy celebrations to mark their team's Premier League promotion. 

Shocking footage shared on social media shows empty beer cans and bottles dumped throughout Ipswich town centre. 

However, instead of kicking up a fuss, council bosses encouraged supporters to keep celebrating, telling fans: 'Keep the memories, we'll handle the mess.' 

Ipswich Borough Council added in their post on social media: 'What an amazing day. Clean-up starts tomorrow.' 

The Tractor Boys secured their return to the Premier League this weekend with a  2-0 win over Huddersfield. 

It marks the end of a long and anguished 22-year absence from the top flight of English football. 

Celebrations began yesterday with a pitch invasion that took almost an hour to clear before fans took to the streets of Ipswich. 

Footage shared on social media shows supporters setting off flares and waving flags as they left Portman Road stadium. 

Pop sensation Ed Sheeran was also spotted celebrating Ipswich Town's promotion while out in Miami. 

He was seen throwing his arms up in the air following the final whistle and even took to Instagram to share a reel.

The 33-year-old captioned it: 'Back to back promotions for Ipswich. Very emotional. It wasn’t that long ago I was sat at Portman Road watching them lose in League One with 11k people watching.

'This is huge for the club, huge for the town, and huge for football, showing anything can happen with belief and passion.

'Congrats to all the players, people at the club, and of course super Kieran. Sorry I can’t be there to celebrate but we don’t want another betting company as the sponsor next season eh. Uppa town. Emotional. See you in the Prem'.

The players jokingly asked Sheeran 'where are you!?', who replied by saying 'I have to make the money to sponsor the club!'.

However, the singer - who is currently on tour -did tell the players he would be back in the UK on Wednesday and that he would like to go on a night out with them.

Speaking to ESPN about Ipswich, Sheeran said: 'I live just outside of Ipswich, I've seen it go through really difficult times.

'I know that being in the Premier League is going to be bring, not just real excitement to the football club, but also real excitement and joy to the town and lift it up, which is really important.'

He went on to add: 'What's brilliant about football is it is very unpredictable and you never know what's going to happen.

'We've seen the top six teams in England fall from grace before and you've seen people like Leicester win the league. You never know, if we avoid relegation next season that's the biggest success for me, but you never know what's going to happen.'

Ipswich Town went into the final day of the regular Championship season needing a point to guarantee promotion.

Their victory was secured when Wes Burns broke the deadlock midway through the first half and Omari Hutchinson added a second goal just after half-time.

Kieran McKenna's side started the celebrations in the locker room when a member of staff sprayed them with a bottle of champagne. 

Chants of 'we are going up' soon followed, with the players taking their place centre stage with beers in hands.