Manchester United Premier League champions’ parade – in pictures

All the best images from Manchester as United fans congregate in the city to celebrate the club's 20th league title and bid farewell to Sir Alex Ferguson
  
  


Man Utd winners parade: Albert Square
Manchester United fans gather in Albert Square to view the closing ceremony of the Premier League winners' parade Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA
Man Utd winners parade: Support banners
Supporters line the parade route, some holding banners and messages of thanks for the club's retiring manager Sir Alex Ferguson Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA
Man Utd winners parade: 13 necklace
A Manchester United fan wears a number 13 on his neck chain, signifying the amount of times the club has won the Premier League. They've actually won the top-tier league title 20 times Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters
Man Utd winners parade: Sir Alex banner
A poignant message of support for Sir Alex Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images
Man Utd winners parade: Sir Alex masks
United fans, some wearing masks of Sir Alex Ferguson, line the route of the parade Photograph: Clint Hughes/AP
Man Utd winners parade: Trophy balloon
An inflatable Premier League trophy balloon rises above the crowds Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters
Man Utd winners parade: Tribute shirt
A fan displays a tribute shirt Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images
Man Utd winners parade: Parade bus
Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic hold the Premier League trophy aloft as they board the bus outside Old Trafford stadium Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
Man Utd winners parade: Fans waiting
Fans pack the streets as they wait for the parade to pass Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images
Man Utd winners parade: Rio Ferdinand
Rio Ferdinand 'entertains' the crowd as he celebrates with team-mates on board the champions' bus Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
Patrice Evra
Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic lift the trophy up in front of the thousands of fans packed around Old Trafford Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA
Sir Alex Ferguson
The trophy is soon passed along to Sir Alex Ferguson, the man who the fans most want to see holding it Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images
Wayne Rooney
Meanwhile Wayne Rooney, who put in a transfer request last week, may be holding the trophy for the last time as a Manchester United player Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA
 

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