Manchester City will stage an open-top bus parade and a separate after-party on 25 May to mark a season that has brought trophies for the men’s, women’s and academy teams. The club said the parade will begin in Manchester’s Northern Quarter at 17:00 BST, after a build-up from 16:00, before finishing outside the Colin Bell Stand reception at the Etihad Stadium.
The route will take the team through Ancoats and on to Ashton New Road, with no tickets required for fans lining the streets. The After Party at Co-op Live will close its doors at 17:00, while the club said players are due to arrive at about 18:30. Tickets for the event will go on sale from Monday, and fans will also be able to watch the parade at the arena.
The celebrations come after City beat Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Youth Cup final at the Joie Stadium on Thursday, adding to a season that already includes the men’s FA Cup final win at Wembley and the women’s Super League title. That league triumph ended Chelsea’s six-year run as champions and gave City one more reason to turn the day into a city-centre procession.
The club’s decision to fold all three teams into one day of celebrations gives the event a broader meaning than a single title parade. It is also a public signal of where the club is choosing to place the emphasis this week: not only on the men’s team’s 1-0 win in the FA Cup final, but on a wider sweep of success that stretches from the academy to the first-team squads. For supporters, the detail that matters now is simple — the parade is free, the after-party is not, and the tickets for Co-op Live go on sale Monday.
By late afternoon on 25 May, the football will have given way to the celebration. The only unanswered question is how many fans will turn out along the route and inside Co-op Live to see a club trying to package a rare multi-team winning season into one final day of noise.
