{"id":133642,"date":"2025-05-26T16:08:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/133642\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T16:08:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:08:15","slug":"liverpool-fans-travel-in-their-thousands-from-birmingham-crewe-and-beyond-to-line-the-streets-and-celebrate-title-as-trent-alexander-arnold-bids-farewell-for-the-final-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/133642\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool fans travel in their thousands from Birmingham, Crewe and beyond to line the streets and celebrate title as Trent Alexander-Arnold bids farewell for the final time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool<\/a>\u00a0embarked on their Premier League<\/a> victory parade after lifting the division trophy on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Reds were crowned champions at the end of April in Arne Slot<\/a>‘s first season in charge, but had to wait until the final game of the season to physically get their hands on the trophy.<\/p>\n

Virgil van Dijk<\/a> lifted the silverware at Anfield in front of a packed crowd, and the Reds players and staff took to the streets of Liverpool on Monday as thousands lined the paths and roads.<\/p>\n

The Reds – who were out partying until midnight – were be greeted by thousands of supporters, with Crewe station lined with chanting supporters trying to get on a train to attend.<\/p>\n

After Liverpool’s 20th league title was added to their champions wall, fans started to arrive for the celebrations, already donning flares, balloons, and climbing traffic lights.<\/p>\n

Some supporters stood outside the Shankly Gates as the awaited the start of the parade, some two hours out from its beginning.<\/p>\n

WARNING: Strong language\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Liverpool fans lined the streets in their thousands to celebrate the club’s Premier League title<\/p>\n

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The Reds headed off just after 2pm as they were greeted by supporters in the city<\/p>\n

\"Some <\/p>\n

Some supporters climbed traffic lights as a number of roads were closed in the city on Monday<\/p>\n

Supporters also travelled from the likes of Birmingham to celebrate the title win and say goodbye to Trent Alexander-Arnold, who was preparing to say his final farewell before he leaves for Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

Alexander-Arnold was also in attendance at the party a day prior, arriving in a Liverpool tracksuit with his hood up and dark glasses on, medal still around his neck.<\/p>\n

His partner, Estelle Behnke, was also seen arriving alongside his brother, though the couple were not pictured together.<\/p>\n

On Monday, however, Liverpool shared an official broadcast of the parade on their YouTube channel, with tens of thousands watching on.<\/p>\n

They set off just after 2pm, with the likes of van Dijk and Salah – who appeared to hold a disposable camera – dancing early doors on top of the bus.<\/p>\n

Some fans donned Arne Slot cardboard cutouts, with the likes of Gary McAllister, Jason McAteer and Neil Mellor speaking on the YouTube stream. Slot didn’t take long to stand up on the bus and start fist pumping in the direction of the fans.<\/p>\n

It was an abysmal day in the city, but that didn’t stop the fans turning out in their numbers.<\/p>\n

Confetti fell from the sky as the team continued to make its way through the city, marshalled by a group of police as fans chased them along the path.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Mohamed <\/p>\n

Mohamed Salah wore his cap backwards as the rain poured down on the streets of Liverpool<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The midfielder was front and centre as he waved to supporters who cheered him and his team-mates on the bus<\/p>\n

\"Players <\/p>\n

Players waved to supporters as music played and fans cheered those atop the bus<\/p>\n

\"Red <\/p>\n

Red smoke engulfed the pathway with several of Liverpool’s first team seen on the top tier<\/p>\n

\"Cardboard <\/p>\n

Cardboard cutouts of Arne Slot were also seen, with fans letting off flares early on<\/p>\n

\"Fans <\/p>\n

Fans travelled from all over the country to celebrate the club’s 20th top flight victory<\/p>\n

\"Supporters <\/p>\n

Supporters queued to take photos alongside Virgil van Dijk’s mural just hours after he lifted the Premier League trophy<\/p>\n

\"Trent <\/p>\n

Trent Alexander-Arnold bid farewell to Liverpool fans after playing his final game for the club<\/p>\n

Liverpool’s bus for the parade was lined with the word ‘champions’, with an image of the Premier League trophy and the word’s ‘ours again’ also included.<\/p>\n

Flares are understood not to have been allowed on an number of trains around the city, but that didn’t stop fans letting them off as the parade passed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cody Gakpo once again donned his shades with a sideways cap, and Ibrahima Konate led one dance as the bus continued to make its way down the route.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reds owner John W Henry wrapped up as he took his spot on the bus, potentially questioning the British weather.<\/p>\n

As more and more fans arrived, Alexander-Arnold was seen stood up with his arms out at the back of the bus, with Dominik Szoboszlai, wet hair drooping down his face, holding an inflatable trophy.<\/p>\n

Gakpo then took it upon himself to show off Liverpool’s custom WWE belt, standing high as he held it above his head.<\/p>\n

Players took it in turns to lift up the trophy – some held up by others atop the bus. The rain continued to fall, fans continued to wave their flags.<\/p>\n

Some were situated behind barriers and had signs as a means of passing on their congratulations to the players.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Confetti <\/p>\n

Confetti fell from the air as the bus was marshalled the bus through the 10-mile route<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Premier League trophy was front and centre of the bus, held by Diogo Jota at one point<\/p>\n

\"Alexander-Arnold <\/p>\n

Alexander-Arnold cut an emotional figure after playing his final match for Liverpool<\/p>\n

The parade followed a 10-mile route. It started at Allerton Maze, heading north along Queens Drive in a similar route to the one used in 2019 – when the Reds won their last league title.<\/p>\n

There were a number of road closures due to the event, with Liverpool City Council strongly recommending that people did not drive.<\/p>\n

Trent Alexander-Arnold, meanwhile failed to hold it together during the celebrations, first breaking down during the rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone.<\/p>\n

He then sat along on the pitch, before crying more as he embraced his family. It was a far cry from the boos he received when he was substituted on against Arsenal, and Slot thanked the fans for sticking together<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Slot said: ‘It went brilliant when our fans are together. I don’t think you see many celebrations like we had them today. It’s no surprise to me that the fans were brilliant again today as they were throughout the whole season, as they were towards Trent.<\/p>\n

‘He deserved it. I am very happy for him and everyone in and around the club that things worked out the way they did.<\/p>\n

‘Everybody could see how difficult he had it after the game. That tells you how hard it is to leave a club like this. That’s all we can try to do, to make it so hard for the players to leave.<\/p>\n

‘Many of them stay. Trent made a decision to go, unfortunately for us. But it was great for him to have a farewell as he had today.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool\u00a0embarked on their Premier League victory parade after lifting the division trophy on Sunday. The Reds were crowned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[1121,855,748,92,393,94,4884,179,93,8935,16,15,1465],"class_list":{"0":"post-133642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-arne-slot","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-dailymail","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-liverpool","16":"tag-sport","17":"tag-trent-alexander-arnold","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-virgil-van-dijk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114575003689153825","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}