About 150,000 people are expected to line the streets of Middlesbrough on Sunday, to hail Boro's Carling Cup heroes.

Organisers today revealed details of the route the victory parade will take through the town, allowing people to see for themselves the first cup to arrive in Middlesbrough in 128 years and the players who have brought it to the town.

The team will be displaying the cup from an open top bus and will begin its procession at 2pm at Ayresome Street.

Led by a police escort, the parade will move past the old Ayresome Park site - the former home of the club - turn left on to Linthorpe Road, and then travel down Borough Road to the North Ormesby roundabout. It will then continue over the roundabout to the Riverside Stadium, where the parade ends.

There are no celebrations planned within the grounds and Middlesbrough Police's District Commander, Chief Superintendent Mark Braithwaite discouraged people from going to the 35,000 capacity stadium.

He said there will also be no parking allowed anywhere near the ground.

He said: "I know it's taken some time to announce the route, but that's because an awful lot of care has gone into it."

He added: "There's plenty of advantage points along the way, but my message to everybody is to spread themselves out along the route, safety is of paramount importance.

"There will only be limited access to the stadium itself and I will be keeping a very close eye on the stadium and if I have to seal the approaches to the stadium I will do that."

The route was devised by Middlesbrough police, council officials and the club and covers just over two miles, moving at walking pace, the cavalcade should take about two hours to reach the stadium.

Middlesbrough Councillor David Budd said the morale boost that the win had given the town was apparent everywhere. He said: "It's given a tremendous lift, it's tremendous. We're not going to go back to where we were before."

Chief Supt Braithwaite also congratulated the fans on their behaviour at the match, saying there had been no arrests.

"There were no arrests at all and no objections from the ground. That reflects extremely well on the fans generally and football as a whole. "It was a fantastic day last Sunday, and I hope another fantastic day this Sunday."