West Ham fans ecstatic as squad hosts victory parade to celebrate Europa Conference League win | UK News
Huge crowds gathered in east London on Thursday night to witness The Irons travelling on an open-top bus to celebrate their historic Europa Conference League win – securing their first piece of silverware since lifting the FA Cup in 1980.
By Siba Jackson, information reporter
Thousands of West Ham United fans have lined the streets of east London for a victory parade after the squad lifted their first main trophy in additional than 40 years.
A bus carrying the Hammers emblazoned with the signal “Winners” struggled to make its approach by means of the ocean of delighted supporters celebrating their crew’s 2-1 win towards Fiorentina in Prague on Wednesday night time.
Players travelling on the open-top double-decker bus let off claret and blue flares amid the deafening sound of cheering crowds on the bottom.
Fans have been seen on the statue of the late West Ham and England captain, Bobby Moore, whereas others climbed on high of site visitors lights to get one of the best view of the squad.
Bubbles additionally floated by means of the sky, honouring the crew’s well-known chant, “I’m forever blowing bubbles”.
West Ham tweeted footage of the celebrations, describing their supporters as “the best fans in the world”.
They claimed their first piece of silverware since lifting the FA Cup in 1980 and their first European trophy since 1965.
The historic victory – secured by Jarrod Bowen scoring the profitable aim within the 90th minute – noticed the stadium erupt in celebrations which continued into the early hours of the morning.
The win noticed captain Declan Rice – probably to depart the membership this summer time – develop into the third West Ham skipper, apart from Bobby Moore and Billy Bonds, to elevate silverware within the membership’s 128-year historical past.
He informed Sky Sports News: “When you are a child, and you’re keen on soccer as a lot as I do, as the lads do, you see groups have trophy parades.
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“I was once a kid watching teams do trophy parades and to now be on one and captain the side last night, is so, so special, I can’t even put it into words, it’s not hit me yet.”
Bowen mentioned the silverware “means the world” to the crew and their fans.
Manager David Moyes was seen ingesting a beer and dancing to The Proclaimers tune I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) together with gamers within the crew’s altering room after their win.
The victory parade began on the Champions Statue – a bronze tribute to Moore, Sir Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, and West Ham’s 1965 European Cup Winners’ Cup success – on Barking Road, shut to the crew’s former house at Upton Park.
It was due to journey by means of Plaistow and West Ham earlier than ending with an occasion at Stratford city corridor.
