Fans in big celebration as West Ham finally won the Europa Conference League

West Ham have confirmed preparations for a celebration parade to commemorate their Europa Conference League victory on Thursday.

Jarrod Bowen scored a stunning late winner as the Hammers won their first title in 43 years, defeating Fiorentina 2-1 in Prague.

West Ham players and manager David Moyes will return home on Thursday to celebrate their historic victory with an open-top bus procession in east London.

The march will begin at Upton Park and end at Stratford Town Hall with a reception.

“West Ham United’s heroes will return from their triumphant night in Prague to a victory celebration in the streets of East London on Thursday evening,” West Ham announced in a statement.

“The playing squad and coaching staff will parade the Club’s first major trophy since 1980 on a specially-commissioned open top bus from the Hammers’ old home at Upton Park to a reception at Stratford Town Hall.”

“Wednesday night’s historic victory over ACF Fiorentina in the UEFA Europa Conference League final delivered the first European trophy to East London since the legendary West Ham team of Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, and Alan Sealey won the Cup Winners’ Cup at Wembley in May 1965.”

“During the triumphant celebrations, Moore and his teammates greeted tens of thousands of supporters from the roof of their parade bus, before the captain held the trophy aloft from the balcony of East Ham Town Hall, standing alongside the Mayor of Newham.”

 Fans in big celebration as West Ham finally won the Europa Conference League
Fans in big celebration as West Ham finally won the Europa Conference League

“Nearly 60 years later, the new generation of trophy-winning Hammers heroes will pay tribute to their forefathers in our hometown, beginning the parade at the intersection of Green Street and Barking Road, adjacent to the Boleyn Pub and The Champions Statue.”

“The parade will then proceed west along Barking Road, turn right onto Greengate Street, and slowly proceed along the A112 past Plaistow Park, Plaistow Station, and Stratford Park, before ending its journey on West Ham Lane, outside the Old Town Hall in Stratford – at the heart of our home borough of Newham and where our current home resides.”

“Like her predecessor in 1965, Newham Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz will greet the squad, and Hammers captain Declan Rice will hold the trophy aloft in front of the Claret & Blue faithful.”

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