Thousands Hail Spurs’ Europa League Heroes in Victory Parade
Europa League winners Tottenham were saluted by around 150,000 ecstatic fans during an open-top bus parade through north London on Friday.
Ange Postecoglou’s side beat Manchester United 1-0 in Bilbao on Wednesday to end the club’s 17-year trophy drought.
Brennan Johnson’s first-half strike sealed Tottenham’s first European silverware for 41 years, making amends for the team’s dismal form in the Premier League this term, said AFP.
A white double-decker bus with ‘Europa League winners’ emblazoned on it carried Tottenham’s players on an “emotional” journey to their stadium.
Jubilant supporters packed the streets to hail the players, with chants of “glory, glory Tottenham Hotspur” echoing as the bus rolled past.
Tottenham’s South Korean captain Son Heung-min held the trophy aloft on the top deck of the bus as his team-mates proudly displayed their winners’ medals and Postecoglou waved to fans.
