Chelsea Cancels Premier League Victory Parade In Wake Of Manchester Attack

The Blues planned an open-top bus tour for Sunday, but feel it would be “inappropriate” with the United Kingdom terror threat at its highest level after Monday’s bombing killed 22 people and injured scores more.

They will wear black armbands against their London rivals as a mark of respect to the victims.

The Football Association has confirmed plans to enhance security at Wembley following the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena on Monday that left 22 people dead and 64 injured.

The club also says it will not hold a victory parade should it win the FA Cup, given the Government’s escalation of the national security threat to “critical”.

“We want to do it for the manager but we want to do it for ourselves as well, as a team and for the fans“, Welbeck said.

Arsenal confirmed they had cancelled a screening of the Wembley clash that was due to be shown at Emirates Stadium, adding that no victory parade would take place should they win the match.

Wenger will therefore be without two senior centre-backs for a game that represents his last chance of salvaging something from a deeply trying season, although Shkodran Mustafi is expected to overcome the illness that kept him out of the Everton game. Kids. Teenagers. Adults. To their families, to their friends. “It’s not about me, it’s about us winning the trophy and giving everything to achieve it”, Wenger, whose future has clouded much of Arsenal’s season, said on Wednesday.

I think Chelsea got it right by playing their first-team players against Sunderland on the final day.

Apparently, if you’ve been around 22 years, you are above reproach for stopping a competitive Premier League fixture for three minutes to get a personal send off, having organised with the other team to stop the game for you. That was always my mindset when I came here.

Former Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho believes clubs in the Premier League are lacking a player like John Terry.

The end of the Premier League season is upon us, and there’s already a vast football-shaped hole in our lives.

The Mets took a moment of silence before their game with San Diego Padres, as did the Yankees, who also played British national anthem “God Save the Queen” before their game with Kansas City Royals.