Arsenal Stages 5.6-Mile Title Parade After Champions League Shootout Loss

13 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 31

Hundreds of thousands lined north London as Arsenal left the Emirates at 2:15 p.m. for a 5.6-mile open-top bus parade celebrating their Premier League title.
The festivities came less than a day after Arsenal lost the Champions League final to Paris Saint-Germain on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Budapest, with Gabriel Magalhães calling the defeat “painful.”
Martin Ødegaard led the squad onto a bus marked “Champions 25 26” with the Premier League trophy, while Gabriel and Eberechi Eze—both shootout misses—joined smiling teammates and Mikel Arteta on the route.
A second bus carried club staff and a third the women’s team with the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup they won in February, turning the event into a broader celebration of Arsenal’s 2025/26 season.
Arteta and 19-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly said the final defeat would serve as “fuel” for next season, framing the title parade as both a payoff for fans and the start of a new era.

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