I\u2019m told that trains in north London are affected by a \u201ctrackside fire\u201d and trespassers on the line at Highbury & Islington. Feels like the party will take some time to disperse.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Back along Upper Street they go, past what used to be the Granita restaurant, the scene of the Blair-Brown pact of 1994.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n News from outside the Arsenal<\/a> goldmine. Iraola and Liverpool looks likely.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n They have just passed Islington Green, home of the Screen On The Green, legendary cinema where the Sex Pistols played a famous gig.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The bus is just about to make the turn into Upper Street to begin the route back to the Emirates. Josh Kroenke, suddenly most visible, is on the bus and celebrating with Declan Rice.<\/p>\n An aerial view shows Arsenal supporters filling the streets, with the old Highbury and the Emirates Stadium in the background. Photograph: Justin Tallis\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.12 EDT<\/p>\n Ben White now decides to sing. His song? \u201cHincapie, get your bum out.\u201d<\/p>\n Just a bit of stick between the lads, no doubt.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The singer, of course, is Declan Rice. He asks Ben White to sing, and when White refuses Rice starts rapping Ice Ice Baby.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Peter Oh gets in touch: \u201cA little over 24 hours ago the Arsenal<\/a> players were parking a bus in Budapest and now they\u2019re on top of one in London!\u201d<\/p>\n Someone is singing \u201cset piece again, ole ole\u201d. Someone tell me that\u2019s Nicolas Jover.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Adam Kent-Ibanez gets in touch: \u201cTypical, you sit on the side of a road all day waiting for a bus and then four come at once.\u201d<\/p>\n It had to be done.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Down the Essex Road, they go, Viktor Gyokeres wearing a scarf on his head until Kai Havertz, banter king, takes if off, and lobs it towards the road.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Declan Rice speaks: \u201cThey pointed at me and laughed, they are not laughing anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n He\u2019s lost his voice but has enough left to say \u201cI love this team, I love this manager\u2026next year I\u2019ll be back for more.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Odegaard and Havertz are hitting the \u201cArsenal, Arsenal\u201d chants hard. Both of them say they wish Oleksandr Zinchenko, currently out with an ACL, and at Ajax, was with them to celebrate.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n About last night: David Hytner\u2019s reflections from Budapest.<\/p>\n double quotation markWhat Rice wanted to stress was the marathon nature of a season that has brought the club\u2019s first Premier League title since 2004<\/a> and defeats in two finals: the Carabao Cup and now the Champions League.<\/p>\n \u201cThis season from start to finish \u2026 we started in July in Singapore and we\u2019re now coming up to July again,\u201d Rice said. \u201cWe\u2019ve just played our 63rd game in all competitions. It\u2019s been really tough, mentally draining. Since October, it has been three games a week.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Some quotes from Sky Germany, from Kai Havertz in Budapest: \u201cWe really wanted to win the game. But we can be proud of ourselves and our season. We are Premier League champions.<\/p>\n After my goal, I had a great feeling. But it doesn\u2019t mean anything to me now.. It was difficult for me to watch. I would have loved to be out there. Respect to every single player who took one. It\u2019s not an easy situation. I know that myself. Everyone can be proud. Millimetres made the difference. We\u2019ll still celebrate a great season today.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n What looks like the Ashburton Army is moshing away in the street. The buses seem to have lost contact with the broadcasters at the moment. Essex Road can do that to people.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The roads around the stadium will not be open until 8pm. North London is gridlocked, if not forever, though perhaps until late tonight.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sophie Ellis-Bextor, it turns out, will be DJ-ing at the family party that follows the parade. \u201cIt\u2019s even got a bouncy castle,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sophie Ellis-Bextor, yes, is taking part in the Arsenal<\/a> official broadcast of the parade.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Drew Lundgren gets in touch, and he\u2019s not yet over it: \u201cPeople are fools, if PSG played in the Premier League arsenal would have beat them last night at a canter. That PSG team is soft. They had the benefit of an official who believes Arsenal<\/a> foul too much. So be it.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n On the bus, a couple of the players are rubbing their eyes, so thick is the red smoke.<\/p>\n Mikel Merino speaks: \u201cVery, very proud. I\u2019m very happy to be my, with the team, to be celebrating. I think it was a really hard season with ups and downs.\u201d<\/p>\n Red smoke drifts above the Holloway Road. Photograph: Tom Jenkins\/The GuardianThe crowds can hardly see the players through the smoke. Photograph: Tolga Akmen\/EPAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.42 EDT<\/p>\n Martin Odegaard, in large shades, leads the celebrations, pumping the air as the bus speeds on. The pace is enough for the security team to keep up.<\/p>\n Gabriel Martinelli speaks: \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to share this moment with them,\u201d he says of the fans. Declan Rice reclines with the trophy, basking in the glory. Someone is singing loudly, a little off-key.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The banner, by the way, reads \u201cThese streets are our own\u201d.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Some estimates of 800,000 on the streets, let\u2019s see if they are correct. At Seven Sisters, Finsbury Park, there\u2019s a huge banner being unfurled. The noise is loud, the smoke is thick. The Premier League trophy is almost invisible as Louis Dunford\u2019s The Angel rings out. Gunnersaurus, if you\u2019re interested, is on the third bus, with the women\u2019s players.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n David Wall gets in touch: \u201cWhile I agree that Arsenal<\/a> have something to celebrate today, winning the league at any time is a brilliant achievement, it seems as though they are moving on very quickly from their defeat yesterday. Perhaps that has to do with the manner of the loss and the fact that they were underdogs, that they did the best they could, etc, etc. There has been an attempt to justify Arsenal\u2019s approach by saying that if they\u2019d actually tried to take on PSG by attacking them, \u2018going toe-to-toe\u2019, then they would have been hammered. I think that\u2019s garbage. Bayern Munich tried to really play against them and it was incredibly close (and could easily have gone in their favour especially if you consider that Neuer pretty much gifted PSG two goals with bad, uncharactieristic mistakes).\u201d<\/p>\n There are lots of smiles among those players. An overhead shot shows fans peeling off down perpendicular streets and running to get another view of those rather fast-moving buses.<\/p>\n The Arsenal players show off the Premier League trophy as their bus makes its way on to Holloway Road. Photograph: Tom Jenkins\/The GuardianThe buses continue on their merry way. Photograph: Peter Cziborra\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.21 EDT<\/p>\n Myles Lewis-Skelly spoke to Sky before boarding the bus: \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing because, you know, when you\u2019re so close to a dream, a goal, and you feel slightly short, but it just, you know, as Mikel said, adds fuel to the fire, so we\u2019ll use that for us.<\/p>\n \u201cIt means it means everything just to share this moment with our people. Yeah, definitely gonna see my family here is always gonna be, it\u2019s gonna be emotional. The last, you know, couple of weeks have been incredible.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like it\u2019s a start of a new era. And I feel like we\u2019re ready to go out and achieve our dreams. Yeah, you know, [Arteta]\u2019s been so supportive of me over my whole journey. So I\u2019m just so grateful for him and, you know, everything I can, I can repay him in the trust he\u2019s giving me. I am so grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Jesper Kallstrom \u2013 related to Kim? \u2013 gets in touch: \u201cLet Spurs fans talk more about tactics, it\u2019s highly amusing and fills me with a warm feeling, also consider that Arsenal<\/a> were the only team to score an open play goal yesterday, against the best attack in Europe. One-dimensional eh? Stay safe, stay 17th.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.33 EDT<\/p>\n Steve Farole gets in touch: \u201cThis season\u2019s Arsenal<\/a> is a classic example that two things can be true at the same time.<\/p>\n \u201cArteta built Arsenal to compete in today\u2019s league, matching teams\u2019 physicality while building a defence to neutralise counter-attacking football, in a way that Guardiola and Slot failed to do. His team\u2019s endeavor, tactical discipline, and \u2013 dare I say it \u2013 bottle were impressive. They were worthy winners of this year\u2019s league.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the same time, they scored the fewest goals of any Premier League winner since Leicester in 2015-16 and leaned heavily on set pieces to generate offense. That the league is trending towards a reliance on set pieces doesn\u2019t make that style of play any easier on the eyes. And the inability to generate offense from open play is what hampered Arsenal in the league and did so again last night (one shot between the 45th and 120th minutes).<\/p>\n \u201cArsenal have a great foundation to build on, so let\u2019s see if Arteta can add some attacking verve to this team next season. If he can, it\u2019s hard to see who will compete with them in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n Declan Rice on the bus as it passes supporters. Photograph: Shaun Botterill\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.33 EDT<\/p>\n The noise level is off the scale as the buses make their way down the Holloway Road, the party bus leading the throng. The bus is going at quite a lick, faster than might be expected, quicker than you can usually drive down Holloway Road. Red smoke fills the air. No pyro, no party?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The third bus, the women\u2019s players, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Leah Williamson, are grooving away to the music. There\u2019s fans on rooftops. The men\u2019s players look a little subdued at the moment, they\u2019ve had a long day already.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Declan Rice is at the front of the bus, sipping from an Arsenal-branded cup. At the back of the bus, Christhian Mosquera is leading the dancing. The shirts each have \u201cChampions 26\u201d on the back.<\/p>\n Declan Rice, Jurrien Timber, David Raya, Gabriel and William Saliba. Photograph: Shaun Botterill\/Getty ImagesMikel Arteta speaks to fans from the bus alongside Martin \u00d8degaard. Photograph: David Price\/Arsenal FC\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.12 EDT<\/p>\n The buses get moving<\/p>\n The first bus has players and manager aboard, the second has staff, the third has the women\u2019s team. Mikel Arteta is wearing shades and gives a speech to his players and some of those in the inner circle of friends and family. There\u2019s a mobile DJ playing music, and will broadcast the players\u2019 words when they come. They cross the bridge, which has \u201cThis Belongs To All Of Us\u201d written on the road.<\/p>\n Players on an open top bus. Photograph: David Price\/Arsenal FC\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.20 EDT<\/p>\n Here we go, Fatboy Slim\u2019s music is playing, Right Here, Right Now the fans are asked: \u201care you ready?\u201d The players and manager Mikel Arteta, are all clad in Arsenal<\/a> shirts, Martin Odegaard has the Premier League trophy in his hand. Stuart MacFarlane, the club snapper, is taking the pics as the players cross the Danny Fizsman bridge. The players are all wearing their medals.<\/p>\n Martin \u00d8degaard carries the Premier League trophy to the open-top bus outside the Emirates Stadium. Photograph: Stuart MacFarlane\/Arsenal FC\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.09 EDT<\/p>\n Craig Fawcett joins the Spurs commentary and gets in touch. Guess all the Gunners are at the parade: \u201cAnother biased opinion from Spurs here. You\u2019re 100% right that Arsenal<\/a> deserved the title. But even the most ardent Spurs fan could watch a Wenger team and say they played good football. This Arsenal team are so one-dimensional. That\u2019s what killed them last night. I can\u2019t remember a single standout team goal from this season. They\u2019re set piece bullies, deserving of their success in the same way Pulis-era Stoke were. Enjoy the parade!\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The open-top buses are beginning to fill up; there\u2019s three at the moment.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The buses for the Arsenal<\/a> team \u2013 the women\u2019s Champions Cup success is also being celebrated \u2013 are ready, parked outside the back of the Emirates.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Some reaction from last night in Budapest.<\/p>\n There is another team in north London. They\u2019re not having a good time of it, though there was succour last night. Hugh Giles gets in touch to say: \u201cAs a Tottenham fan living in north London today is a day for staying inside. Having said that, if I could have scripted yesterday I would have gone with something along the lines of what happened. The penalty shootout was pure perfection, in particular Eze\u2019s absurd miss. And one shot in more than two hours of football put paid to any suggestion that this is somehow a \u201cgreat\u201d team.\u201d<\/p>\n Perhaps even the most bitter Spurs fans would accept that Arsenal<\/a> were deserved champions of England. Last night was a different story. Tough to win a game with so little possession.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Arrived back in London on Saturday from Sheffield, an hour before kick-off, and Highbury & Islington station was filled with Arsenal<\/a> shirts. One fan was wearing a Nicolas Pepe shirt; perhaps that was an omen. No Yaya Sanogo replicas spotted, surely one at the parade today.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Live stream of parade available<\/p>\n It\u2019s available at the top of the page, and with this link, too.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Arsenal parade live stream here. Share<\/a><\/p>\n The Gunners players are getting ready at the Emirates.<\/p>\n Myles Lewis-Skelly jumps over the Premier League trophy in the Arsenal dressing room. Photograph: Stuart MacFarlane\/Arsenal FC\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n The scenes in north London are far more convivial than what took place in Paris last night. Let\u2019s hope that sustains.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Rob Draper\u2019s read on the Arsenal<\/a> title triumph is well worth a look.<\/p>\n double quotation mark\u201cIt was the perfect storm in that you had a really driven young manager, bright, well-schooled, ambitious and enthusiastic. You\u2019ve got the money and you had a board that gave him time,\u201d said one former senior employee at the club who was close to Arteta. \u201cHe told them it would take five years.\u201d<\/p>\n All the senior Arsenal sources spoken to for this article have praised the Kroenke family and some pointed to the more active involvement of Josh Kroenke, the 46-year-old son of the patriarch Stan, as a key player at that point. \u201cI had the impression he persuaded the board to pull the emergency cord on funding,\u201d said one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.27 EDT<\/p>\n This is the organised parade, what happened last Tuesday was far more impromptu.<\/p>\n double quotation markThey approach via the familiar sidestreets, Gillespie Road, Benwell Road, Hornsey Road, the little shortcut past The Plimsoll pub. The night is cool and calm and still, the air rumbling with adoration and freedom, the sensation of chains being broken. As they reach the stadium, perfect strangers grip each other by the shoulders, bound by shared memory, shared trauma, a shared hymnbook. What do you think of shit? Tottenham! Thank you. That\u2019s all right! A firework is let off, and then another. People are FaceTiming their relatives. People are getting selfies with Ian Wright. The crowd is hundreds, and then thousands, a lawless melee that in classic Arteta-ball tradition features plenty of jostling but no free-kicks awarded. Meanwhile, in the digital wilds beyond, the celebration police have laid down their truncheons and riot shields.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here\u2019s David Squires\u2019 take on the 2025-26 Premier League champions.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Before the parade begins, let\u2019s relive some of last night, and this season.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The crowds really are deep in numbers along the route, with airhorns to the fore. Upper Street is brimming over. A few fans were in Budapest last night and caught flights at 2am to be there. Many who were there will be arriving at a time when the parade is on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The route: Holloway Road, around Seven Sisters, through Blackstock Road to Newington Green, then Essex Road before turning right at Angel station on to Upper Street. But not, note, past the Emirates, which has been cordoned off.<\/p>\n Arsenal fans gather before the parade. Photograph: Matthew Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.03 EDT<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n If you have been in the streets of London in the last week, or even on a train travelling to London, Arsenal<\/a> shirts have been everywhere. Today is when they converge once more, for the trophy parade of the Premier League. Not the Champions League trophy, of course, that remains in Paris, but the mood is one of celebration. It\u2019s been 22 years since Gunners fans could celebrate being top of the heap in England. How many will be there? The estimates range as high as a million. That might even be an underestimate.<\/p>\n The open-top buses set off at 2pm. <\/p>\n So, join me for coverage.<\/p>\n![\"'We're](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3850.jpg\")
‘We’re devastated’: Rice, Vitinha, Arteta and Luis Enrique on the Champions League final \u2013 videoShare<\/a><\/p>\n