THOUSANDS of Saints fans lined the streets of Haydock, Blackbrook, Sutton, Thatto Heath, Eccleston, Dentons Green and the edge of the town centre last night as the team paraded the Challenge Cup for the first time in 13 years.

This time, due to measures to combat Covid, there was no central meeting point focus for speeches - just a tour of some of the districts of the borough.

But how did the parade compare to those of yesteryear.

Here are a collection of homecoming parades from the past.

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1956

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1961

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1966

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1976

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On the rooftops in Victoria Square in 1976

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1996

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