‘It destroyed a perfect day’ – How Liverpool’s Premier League title parade turned into chaos


“In the shadow of the Royal Liver Building, just before 6pm yesterday, the bus carrying Liverpool’s team of Premier League champions passed by and supporters reacted to a sight they’d been waiting for all day with a raucous rendition of the club’s anthem, You’ll Never Walk Alone. More than 500,000 people had attended a parade marking Liverpool’s record-equalling 20th league title, one that started in Allerton, in the south end of the city, three and a half hours earlier. It was a family affair with mums, dads and their kids lining the streets. There were children, if they were not in their prams, perched on shoulders. …”
NY Times/The Athletic
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