Arsenal Celebrates First PL Title in 22 Years at London Parade
SkimNews Take
The team's public framing of this victory as a "new era" suggests an effort to extend the emotional and commercial momentum of the win beyond a single season.
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- Arsenal won the Premier League for the 14th time and first since 2003-04, finishing seven points clear of Manchester City, with captain Martin Odegaard becoming the first Arsenal captain to lift the trophy since Patrick Vieira.
- Declan Rice mocked critics who accused Arsenal of set-piece reliance by chanting "set-piece again, ole, ole" into the microphone before being goaded into singing Vanilla Ice's "Ice, Ice Baby" through the bus speakers.
- Myles Lewis-Skelly, the 19-year-old academy product, declared the title "a start of a new era" and told fans "we're not done," framing the trophy as the foundation of a sustained run of success.
- Arsenal's parade covered a two-and-a-half-hour, five-mile loop starting and finishing at the Emirates Stadium, with both the men's squad and the women's team — winners of the Women's Champions Cup in February — riding separate buses.
- The celebration came one day after Arsenal fell 4-3 on penalties to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final in Budapest, a 1-1 draw that ended with Eberechi Eze and Gabriel missing from the spot.
- Gabriel addressed the European loss on Instagram before the parade, writing that the Champions League defeat was "painful" but the squad's season was still worth celebrating with supporters.
Why it matters: Arsenal's first league title in 22 years ends a stretch of three straight second-place finishes to Manchester City and signals a generational shift at the club. The fact that the parade proceeded at full throttle just 24 hours after the Champions League final penalty loss to PSG shows the squad and ownership are treating the Premier League breakthrough as the platform for a longer trophy cycle rather than a one-off peak.
