Bournemouth chairman Jeff Mostyn was still coming to terms with his club's heroics after celebrating their promotion to the Barclays Premier League into the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The Cherries' 3-0 Sky Bet Championship win over Bolton on Monday evening left them three points and 19 goals clear of third-placed Middlesbrough with one game to play - all but securing their place among England's elite for the first time.

Eddie Howe's side have been helped to the famous promotion by on loan Saints goalkeeper Artur Boruc as well as former St Mary's star Andrew Surman and latterly striker Kenwyne Jones.

It will mean they now play in the same league at Ronald Koeman's side next term.

Mostyn, who wrote a cheque for £100,000 to save the club from liquidation in 2008, tweeted: ''OMG just got home 0250 What has just happened so proud of everyone ''Six years ago we were on the edge of abyss.

''For me this is achieving the impossible. For all football fans, this is the perfect story and hopefully it gives hope for every club that you can come back from oblivion and get to the Premier League.

''I am so proud of everybody and my total respect to the owner, the chief executive and all the staff. When I first arrived, we could not afford a first-class stamp.''

Former England captains Rio Ferdinand and Gary Lineker were among those who took to Twitter to congratulate the Cherries.

QPR defender Ferdinand, who had a short spell with the south-coast club as a teenager in the 1996/97 campaign, posted: ''Congrats to Bournemouth on promotion to the PL..fairytale stuff-Bet the players aren't washing their kit like they were when I loaned there!''

In light of recent criticism of champions elect ''boring, boring Chelsea'', Match of the Day host Lineker wrote: ''Tell you who don't play boring football; Bournemouth. They'll be an excellent addition to the PL. Look forward to welcoming them on MOTD.''

He added: ''The achievements of Eddie Howe at Bournemouth make me wonder whether we've possibly found the English 'special one'.''