Ice, Ice Baby and 'start of a new era' - best of Arsenal parade

For the first time in 22 years, Arsenal are the Premier League champions - and the players, staff and fans got to celebrate on Sunday with an incredible bus parade through the streets of north London.

With hundreds of thousands of people lining the streets, Arsenal's men's and women's sides took in the adoration of their supporters during a two-and-a-half-hour five-mile loop, which started and finished at the club's Emirates Stadium.

Fans were not allowed immediately next to the ground but the supporters, some of whom had been there since the early hours of Sunday, finally got to see their heroes after the four buses went over a bridge, which had the words 'This belongs to all of us' painted on the ground.

The first bus had the Arsenal men's team on board, with Arsenal's women's side, who became world champions when they won the Women's Champions Cup in February, on the third bus.

The other two buses were full of club staff as well as family members.

One of the most impressive sights was when a huge tifo - which had been unveiled before November's north London derby against Tottenham and had the words 'The Arsenal - These streets are our own' on it - was again displayed along the bus route.

Mikel Arteta's side had finished second in the Premier League in each of the previous three seasons, before ending up as champions in 2025-26.

At one stage on Sunday, Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice mocked the critics that have said the club have been too reliant on set-pieces to score goals by grabbing the microphone and chanting 'set-piece again, ole, ole'.

Ben White spotted the opportunity to get Rice involved in a singalong and played 'Ice, Ice Baby' on the speaker, but Rice said "I'm not singing!".

He didn't take much convincing and belted out the lyrics of the Vanilla Ice hit - to the delight of the Gunners fans.

He told Sky Sports: "I love this team, I love the manager. To see the joy we can give people, it's crazy. But next year we're coming back for more."

Rice was not the only Arsenal player to get the crowd going. Defender Riccardo Calafiori started a loud 'Arsenal, Arsenal' chant, while co-chairman Josh Kroenke was also seen chanting and urging more noise from the Gunners fans.

"This is crazy," said captain Martin Odegaard before singing along and waving a scarf as red smoke from flares filled the streets of north London.

One of the largest cheers came when Odegaard, the first Arsenal captain to lead the club to Premier League glory since Patrick Vieira in 2004, paraded the trophy at the front of the bus.

Arsenal finished seven points clear of Manchester City to become English champions for the 14th time, but for the first occasion since 2003-04 when Arsene Wenger's 'Invincibles' won the Premier League without losing a game.

The parade took place on Sunday, one day after the Gunners had narrowly missed out on creating club history when they lost 4-3 on penalties to Paris St-Germain in the final of the Champions League.

After it had finished 1-1 at the end of extra-time, Eberechi Eze and Gabriel both missed penalties in the shootout as PSG retained their European title, with the Gunners failing to win what would have been a first Champions League title.

On Sunday, before the parade, Gabriel wrote on Instagram: "It's painful, but I'm proud of this team and everything we achieved together this season.

"Thank you to our incredible fans for your support every step of the way. You deserve to celebrate this journey with us and enjoy the parade today."

While the players were devastated at the loss in the final in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday, that did not dampen the celebrations on Sunday.

Nineteen-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly, who came through the Gunners academy, spoke to Sky Sports News before boarding the bus.

On the Champions League defeat, he said: "It's disappointing because, you know, when you're so close to a dream, a goal, and you feel slightly short, but, just as Mikel said, adds fuel to the fire, so we'll use that for us."

But Lewis-Skelly felt this Premier League triumph could be the beginning of a period of success for the Gunners.

"I feel like it's a start of a new era and we're ready to go out and achieve our dreams," he added.

"This means means everything just to share this moment with our people. It's going to be emotional. The last couple of weeks have been incredible."

When asked for a message to fans, he replied: "Thank you and we're not done."