STOCKHOLM:

Mjallby, who clinched their first Swedish title with an away win six days earlier, returned to their village home on Sunday and beat Norrkoping 2-1 in front of their celebrating fans.

It was a party atmosphere as the crowd chanted "Swedish champions, Swedish champions," at the club's windswept 6,000-seat Strandvallen stadium.

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The ground sits on the edge of the Baltic fishing port of Hallevik, six kilometres from Mjallby. Both are part of the municipality of Solvesborg which has a population of just over 8,000.

"It's obvious you could call it a fairy tale, it's fantastic," said supporter Sven Olle Hjem, who came with his family.

"But we, who have been following Mjallby for a long time, always had the feeling it could happen, it's completely belie

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