Tottenham have announced their open-top bus trophy parade after they won the Europa League by beating Manchester United to lift their first piece of silverware since 2008
Tottenham have announced the route and plan of their open-top bus parade after winning the Europa League.
Ange Postecoglou’s side secured the club’s first silverware since 2008, and a first European trophy for 41 years as they beat Manchester United 1-0 in Bilbao on Wednesday. Spurs have since returned home and will celebrate their success with fans.
While United were not planning to hold a parade of any sort if they had won the Europa League, Spurs are pulling out the stops for the celebration which will take place today, on Friday, May 23.
The parade will get underway with a 5.30pm start at Edmonton Green, with the bus then travelling southbound through Fore Street and the High Road, heading past the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
It will then continue down Lansdowne Road, along Willoughby Lane and Northumberland Park, before coming to an end by 7pm.
Spurs players and staff will get off the bus and take to a stage outside the stadium once the journey is finished, where they will again lift the trophy. There will also be live music, a DJ and a legends Q&A session from 3pm for fans who attend.
“We expect the High Road area outside the stadium with a view of the stage to be extremely busy and full to capacity early – we encourage spectators to spread out along the Parade route,” Tottenham said.
“You will be able to watch a livestream of the staged event on the Club’s official website, app and YouTube channel no matter where you are, with a number of screens also positioned at intervals along the route.”
Postecoglou teased a ‘massive parade’ after Spurs’ triumph in Bilbao, saying: "What I do know is, I'll go back to my hotel room, get my family and friends together, open up a nice bottle of scotch, have a couple of quiet ones, get ready for a massive parade on Friday.”
Tottenham declined to hold an open-bus parade after winning the League Cup in 2008. The 1991 FA Cup final victory over Nottingham Forest was the last parade the club hosted around the old White Hart Lane stadium.