On their return home, West Ham players boarded an open-top bus to celebrate the victory among the supporters.
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West Ham United created history this week after ending their long wait to lift a trophy. The Hammers overcame Italian outfit Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League final to lift the club’s first major trophy in 43 years. It was met by massive celebrations among the club’s supporters both in the stadium and in London. On their return home, West Ham players boarded an open-top bus to celebrate the victory among the supporters.
With the crowd cheering and the players enjoying the occasion along with them, it is something neither of them will forget anytime soon. West Ham United manager David Moyes was a happy man with how the season ended for them. It was not a great campaign by any stretch of imagination. The Hammers had to fight relegation fears to guarantee safety in the Premier League. However, they were brilliant in the Europa Conference League over the course of the season.
“I had about three hours’ sleep but that’s only because the bar shut in the hotel very early when we wanted it to be open much longer! For me, the thing about it, being a football manager, in the football industry, the majority of weeks you go home disappointed because your team hasn’t won, so to actually get to the final of a European competition and win it was massive,” Moyes was quoted as saying by the club’s website.
The West Ham manager then spoke about when did the triumph really sunk in and how much winning a trophy meant. “It sunk in for me when we got back to the East End of London tonight and saw the supporters on the streets. It was incredible,” he stated. “West Ham is a huge football club with huge support in East London and the proof of that is tonight. There were thousands of supporters on the streets tonight and the support we had last night in Prague was unbelievable. I hope we can continue to make progress and I think we have done over the last two or three years and last night was progress because we won a trophy. It was massive for us to win a trophy!”
Moyes was happy to see the team’s hard work payoff in the end. Now, he is focussed on winning the next trophy. “It’s very hard to compete at the top end every season, but all you can do is try to do your best every season and that’s what we do, and next season that’s what we’ll do. We want to be involved in these competitions, especially when some big clubs are involved in them and didn’t win them, so for the players to play Thursday/Sunday and get a trophy at the end of it is some achievement. Last night is gone and we’ll have to win the next one now!” he added.
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