“TOTTENHAM will finally get to parade silverware around North London as Brennan Johnson ended their 17-year trophy drought. The winger’s scrappy winner decided an equally scrappy affair in Bilbao to condemn Manchester United to more heartache this season. 2 Spurs will finally get to parade silverware around North London Credit: Getty Before the game, residents”, — write: www.thesun.co.uk
The winger’s scrappy winner decided an equally scrappy affair in Bilbao to condemn Manchester United to more heartache this season.
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Spurs will finally get to parade silverware around North LondonCredit: GettyBefore the game, residents around the area were warned by Tottenham officials that they planned an open top bus parade this Friday.
Locals received letter that read: “Dear Neighbour, we hope this finds you well.
“As you may be aware, Tottenham Hotspur will face Manchester United in the Uefa Europa League final in Bilbao on Wednesday 21st May.
“We should like to make residents, schools and businesses aware that, if we are successful and bring the trophy home to Tottenham, our first team squad will take part in an open-top bus victory parade through the local area on Friday 23rd May, as is customary.”
The letter also revealed exactly what route the parade will take.
Adding: “Should the historic celebratory event go ahead, residents, please take note of the following information:
“The parade will begin at Edmonton Green at 3pm and proceed south down Fore Street and the High Road past the stadium.
“Before turning left at Lansdowne Road, along Willoughby Lane and Northumberland Park, finishing at approximately 4.30pm.
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“Our players will present the trophy to crowds gathered from a staging area outside the Stadium on the High Road at approximately 5pm.”
It comes after thousands of Tottenham fans stormed the pitch at their £1BILLION stadium to celebrate the historic win.
Supporters leapt over barriers and flooded the pitch, as some even climbed on top of the giant screens waving their shirts in the air.
Within minutes of the game ending, North London was gridlocked.
Ange Postecoglou – the under-fire boss-turned Spurs legend overnight – proved good to his word in winning a trophy in his second season.
Postecoglou, predicting a revolution at Tottenham, said: “I understand why it would be difficult for a club like this to buy into one person’s vision.
“I remember even when I signed, the club and even Daniel said, ‘we went after winners, it didn’t work and now we’ve got Ange.’ But mate, I’m a winner.
“I have been a serial winner my whole career. It’s what I have done more than anything else.
Despite being without James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski for the clash in Bilbao, Spurs came up with a massive win against Manchester United.
Johnson scored the goal as he helped bundle in from a corner in a tussle with Luke Shaw to send fans into dreamland.
But Spurs also owe a huge thanks to Yves Bissouma who was totally dominant in midfiend.
At the other end, Destiny Udogie struggled to get up to the pace of the match as he was up against Manchester United’s Amad Diallo.
Spurs had just three shots, only 27 per cent of the ball, and completed a mere 115 passes over 90 minutes.
But it didn’t matter, as United never really looked like finding a leveller to take it to extra time.
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“Obviously the way things have gone in the league, people are right to be concerned about, but I don’t think that’s a true reflection of where we are at.
“We’ve got a really young group of players and you can talk to them about success and what it means, but until they feel it, it doesn’t become real.
“I’ve got no doubt that all those boys – having this feeling – will want it again. To get it again they’re going to have to make similar sacrifices.
“They’ve climbed the mountain now. They know what it takes to get to where we are.
“I think that does, it accelerates the opportunities to build a team who can be successful and play at a high standard for years to come.
“As I said yesterday, I still feel there’s a lot of work to be done, I think that’s quite obvious, but not as much work as people may think.
“People can bang on about 20 league defeats and where we are, but they’re missing the point of what we’re trying to build, or what I’m trying to do anyway.
“I really feel that this can be a great platform for us to kick on.”
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Ange Postecoglou grips onto the Europa League trophyCredit: Getty