West Ham trophy parade: Thousands gather to celebrate Europa Conference League win

The streets of eastbound London were a oversea of claret and bluish connected Thursday evening arsenic thousands gathered for the West Ham trophy parade aft their Europa Conference League victory.

The parade started astatine the Champions Statue - which depicts the club's 1966 World Cup winners - successful Barking astatine 19:00 BST and dilatory made its mode to Stratford Town Hall.

Many West Ham fans arrived aboriginal to guarantee they got the champion spot and cheer connected their heroes, who had secured the club's archetypal large European trophy successful 58 years.

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Fans had arrived aboriginal to get the champion positions for the trophy parade

"I've been buzzing each day," Hammers protagonist Abdul said.

"I've supported West Ham for implicit 50 years, I emotion coming down here, this nine is everything. I ne'er thought I would spot this day, I've been longing for a European trophy."

Hammers protagonist Abdul has followed the nine for much than fractional a century

The Newman household - Ben, Nicky and their sons Tommy, Kai and Harry - had travelled 2 hours to beryllium astatine the parade.

Dad Ben said of the victory: "It doesn't consciousness real. We haven't won thing successful each my beingness truthful for america to triumph something, for america this is everything.

"The boys are lucky. We've had to hold 40-odd years to triumph something."

Wife Nicky added: "I consciousness truthful affectional - we sobbed." While lad Tommy said: "It's amazing. I've ne'er experienced a final, it's conscionable been surreal.

"I'd person ne'er thought it would happen, but it really has. I can't enactment into words however excited I am."

The Newman household had made a agelong travel to beryllium portion of the celebrations

The 2 buses carrying the West Ham players took longer to get astatine their destination than scheduled due to the fact that of the magnitude of supporters who had turned out.

That meant it was astir 21:00 earlier they arrived astatine Stratford Town Hall, wherever thousands much fans had been waiting patiently for hours to greet them.

The unfastened apical buses carrying the West Ham players had to determination precise dilatory done the streets of eastbound London with thousands of supporters having gathered to cheer them on

West Ham skipper Declan Rice led the celebrations among the players connected the buses

Throughout the journey, the players and West Ham unit and officials had been dancing non-stop and that continued arsenic they climbed connected to a signifier successful beforehand of the municipality hallway balcony to immense applause from supporters.

There they lifted the Europa Conference League trophy - arsenic they had done hardly 24 hours earlier successful Prague - prompting an detonation of tickertape and bluish smoke.

Manager David Moyes, who won a large trophy for the archetypal clip successful his managerial career, erstwhile again indulged successful a spot of dancing, arsenic helium had done successful the dressing country moments aft their triumph successful Wednesday's final.

"Incredible," Moyes told the assemblage during the trophy parade.

"We had unthinkable enactment successful Prague and present successful eastbound London it is sensational.

"We had a superb night. We volition bask what we person done conscionable now."

Captain Declan Rice besides took to the mic, though did not shed immoderate airy connected his aboriginal arsenic helium looks acceptable to move connected to pastures caller this summer.

"To assistance this trophy for this nine hasn't deed maine yet. It is truthful special. I americium mislaid for words," helium said.

The West Ham players gathered extracurricular Stratford Town Hall to amusement disconnected the Europa Conference League trophy to the fans

West Ham fans volition beryllium hoping determination are much trophies to travel aft this success

West Ham person waited a agelong clip to sensation occurrence successful Europe again, but with their triumph securing a spot successful the Europa League adjacent season, they volition beryllium hoping determination is much to come.

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