Summary

  • Manchester City are celebrating their Treble with an open-top bus parade through the city centre with thousands watching on in the rain

  • Start of parade was delayed due to "adverse weather conditions and localised lightning storms"

  • Pep Guardiola and squad speaking to fans on stage on Oxford Street

  • City's Champions League triumph on Saturday in Istanbul followed Premier League and FA Cup wins

  • They are only the second English club to win the Treble after Manchester United in 1998-99

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  1. Goodnightpublished at 20:35 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    The stage show is over, and so is this live text. Thanks for joining us this evening.

    Read the news story of the parade here.

    That's the end of the football season now, we'll see you back in August.

    Lol jk it's the Netherlands v Croatia in the Nations League on Wednesday. See you then.

    Ruth GreenImage source, Ruth Green
  2. Postpublished at 20:30 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    The main event is over now but the players are still on the stage having a good time.

  3. Postpublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    Hope Jack Grealish and Kalvin Phillips will be fit for Friday's Euro 2024 qualifier with Malta...

  4. Postpublished at 20:25 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    Good to see two-time Champions League winner Scott Carson in there.

    Two Champions League games in his career (four including qualifiers) and two winners' medals.

  5. Postpublished at 20:23 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    Ruth Green
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  6. Postpublished at 20:22 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    "We are the champions," by Queen plays out. An original choice.

  7. I don't think I've slept - Grealishpublished at 20:22 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    The man we've all been waiting to hear from... a topless Jack Grealish grabs the mic...

    "Basically," he starts in his Brummie accent. "I've had the best 24 hours, day and night I don't think I've slept."

    Then Kalvin Phillips pours some expensive French vodka down his throat.

  8. Postpublished at 20:20 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    The players lift the trophies and the fans cheer. Ilkay Gundogan thanks the fans for their support. He'll be unemployed in three weeks.

  9. Postpublished at 20:18 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    The presenter tries to ask John Stones a question but Kalvin Phillips takes the mic and starts singing about the England defender.

  10. Postpublished at 20:17 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    Awkward drunken dancing on the stage. It's like a wedding.

  11. Noel Gallagher should be here in Manchesterpublished at 20:16 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    We've not heard the rain on the parade cliche enough have we? Pep Guardiola recites it again as he takes to the stage.

    "What a parade," he says. "What an afternoon.

    "It has to be like that, no sunshine. We want rain. The perfect way.

    Noel Gallagher should be here, he adds.

  12. Postpublished at 20:14 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    Here they are, the lads.

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  13. Postpublished at 20:14 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    The bus has arrived at the stage and it's time for another party. Pep Guardiola steps out to a standing ovation.

  14. Postpublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

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  15. Postpublished at 20:08 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

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  16. Postpublished at 20:05 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    Still going.

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  17. What about the 115 charges facing Man City?published at 20:01 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    Now, addressing the elephant in the room football finance expert Kieran Maguire talks about the 115 charges relating to financial rules currently levelled against Manchester City

    "It means you have 115 defences," Maguire tells the BBC.

    "Sports lawyers think it is going to take possibly up to two years

    "It is going to be a slow and laborious process and an expensive one for both the Premier League and Man City."

  18. Postpublished at 19:58 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    I wonder if he invited Julia Roberts today. Could have got her up on the bus.

  19. Guardiola praised by his 'idol' Julia Robertspublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    Pep Guardiola's achievements have finally been recognised by his idol Julia Roberts.

    In March, the Manchester City manager told press that even if he won the Champions League trophy three years in a row, he would still consider himself a failure because in 2016, when Hollywood star Roberts came to Manchester, she chose to visit Old Trafford over the Etihad.

    "I have three idols in my life," the 52-year-old Spaniard said at the time, "Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Julia Roberts...even if I win the Champions League, it won't compare to the face that Julia Roberts came to Manchester and didn't come to see us."

    Following City's victory over Inter Milan on Saturday, Roberts went online to say, "Congratulations @pepteam, externalfor leading your team to be UCL champions. #pep, external#soccermom, external"

    Perhaps that may serve as some consolation for the City manager.

    Julia RobertsImage source, Getty Images
  20. Postpublished at 19:54 British Summer Time 12 June 2023

    Manchester City fans, with their inflatable bananas, continue to sing songs as they wait for the bus to reach the party stage.