r/islington • u/Next-Let5265 • 3d ago
Is anyone else already tired of the parade 🤣
Before anyone says, I KNOW Arsenal are allowed their day. Just need to rant to anyone else who’s gets it - I live on Holloway Road and people have been out since 8:30 with air horns and flares it is WILD 😂
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u/LogicalReasoning1 3d ago edited 3d ago
I’m an Arsenal fan but as someone who lives on Holloway those fucking vuvuzelas are getting on my nerves.
Love the chanting and general vibes though!
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u/TelephoneTable 3d ago
Imagine if they'd won last night
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u/Next-Let5265 3d ago
Honestly can you imagine, would be 10x worse and have gone on all last night 😭
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u/bdiggitty 3d ago
Might need to move for next year!
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u/Curious_scientist420 3d ago
If you’ve a good location, put the house on air BnB for a ridiculous amount and go on holiday somewhere sunny
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u/AndyKWHau 3d ago
I wouldn’t mind so much if it had been better organised. I spoke to multiple stewards and even policemen about how to get out of the parade loop and got different answers from each one, ranging from “you’re trapped in here now til 8pm” which seemed ridiculous (and turned out not to be true) to “I don’t know, it keeps changing”.
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u/Agitated_Parsnip_178 3d ago
Hardly surprising. It's a moveable feast thats being reactively managed and isn't typical of large public events.
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u/tonimutiny 3d ago edited 3d ago
Even Upper Holloway to Archway is pretty dense.
Seen a few outside Aldi doors before 11, like the toys in Toy Story.
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u/imnotavampire24 3d ago
I’m happy for the team and for the fans and yes like you said they’re allowed their day. I live on Cally Road so it aint gonna be a quiet evening.
Got stopped by some lads on the bike ride home last night who thought it was a great idea to run out in the middle of the road and blow their horn in my face. Decided against cycling to work this morning, most of my route would’ve been blocked anyway. Yesterday was already cursed enough lol. Curious what Holloway Road will look like tomorrow morning..
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u/davidmurr4y 3d ago
dreading how much of a disaster Archway is going to be tonight after coming back from Mighty Hoopla hahaha
A total clash of vibes
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u/Ecstatic_Couple6435 3d ago
Give me a hoopla parade any day
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u/Kaurblimey 3d ago
Now there’s an idea…
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u/No_Veterinarian_3843 3d ago
just cycled up tufnell park road on my way to mighty hoopla from the oden and know it’s going to be absolute carnage when i get home later🤣
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u/Flower18681 3d ago
Now we know how Notting Hill residents feel 🙈
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u/DownToFuck1 2d ago
At least this rarely happens in Islington, first time in 22 years. Notting Hill guys gotta deal with Carni every year.
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u/blobblobblob178 3d ago
I’m just above Liverpool Road so I can hear noise in the distance and it’s not too bad BUT the helicopters are driving me up the bend
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u/smooth-as-mud 3d ago edited 3d ago
not yet but I will be at 11pm when I'm trying to wind down and feel relaxed for work tomorrow and it's still raging out there. Go absolutely mental all day long and have a great time but I wish people would pack it up at a reasonable hour. It was gone midnight last night by the time people were finally settling down from the PSG game. I live on a side street and I'm not looking to get a smack in the face for asking a group of coked up drunk lads to find a different secluded area to do their super subtle key bumps in.
Edit: alright 6pm and I’m tired of it now
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u/Certainlynotagoose 3d ago
What annoys me the most is that they’ve had the barriers up since Wednesday.
And they did a shit job of it too, blocking more than half of what was already a narrow pavement 4 days in advance and making the rest of us live with it is annoying.
That said, if it’s once every 20 years I don’t mind that much.
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u/bananabraine 3d ago
It would be great if it was a pick up your own trash situation. One can dream.
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u/LogicalReasoning1 3d ago
In fairness that’s very much a UK problem in general rather than a footy fan problem - I wish people had the respect here that they do in places like Japan
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u/Big-Needleworker-546 3d ago
Would be even better if a team of 100 odd street cleaners can earn a days overtime cleaning up the mess so they can feed their family or pay their rent. Arsenal fans doing job creation for the local community
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
Or we could get the jobless to do it and earn their keep maybe?
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u/Big-Needleworker-546 3d ago
If you give jobless people jobs then they are no longer be jobless I don’t understand your point
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
Precisely that. They are earning their keep rather than getting free handouts. Even just temporary.
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u/Big-Needleworker-546 3d ago
I hope one day you experience hard times and need help and then hopefully your horrible attitude would change
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
Oh shut up you pretentious twat. People need help. People who make a living on benefits? Nah. That needs to stop. Thankfully when Labour are booted out next election radical change will take place.
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
And again, why does needing help mean you can’t work for that help?
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u/Big-Needleworker-546 3d ago
There are currently 1.8 million people unemployed in the UK. Are you really that thick that you think there are 1.8 million jobs just waiting for them? The vast majority of people on benefits would love to have a job. The majority also do have jobs that don’t pay enough so they still qualify for benefits.
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
Jesus wept. You really can’t read between the lines, can you? Who said all 1.8 million are complete layabouts?
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u/Comprehensive-Job-77 3d ago
i live right outside the stadium. they started at 6am. i thought id slept in. checked the time. 6am.
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u/Kaurblimey 3d ago
It’s lovely for the area, I’m a United fan but I love Islington so I’m happy.
But please stop with the broken glass everywhere because I have to cycle to work tomorrow.
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u/lbuttigieg 3d ago
What time does it go on till?
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u/Electrical-Honeydew5 3d ago
Think they’ll pack it in early given they’re still crying from last night
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u/MapDiscombobulated1 3d ago
It's surprisingly quiet at the moment considering I'm so close to a corner of the route but I don't expect that to last much longer - celebrating is great, just don't go out of your way to keep people that have work tomorrow awake after midnight please.
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u/Pumpkin_Empanada_ 3d ago
The fumes from the smoke grenades are what are really bothering me.
I didn't realize that would be a thing, and it's really hurting my sinuses.
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
Don’t worry. They won’t win anything else of significance for another 20 years most likely so you’re all good.
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u/Ecstatic_Couple6435 3d ago
Yep, I had to walk along the barrier for a long time just to find an opening to cross the rd to get to Gail’s for my oat flat white this morning 😂 I usually just cross the rd cant be having this! 😆
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago edited 3d ago
A problem exclusive to the islingtonians. I can only imagine the middle class lime bike riding brats crying because they couldn’t get their organic poached egg on toast with mushed up kiwi or whatever it is you have.
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u/Ecstatic_Couple6435 3d ago edited 3d ago
Mushed up KALE and poached chia seed weird 231, we went off kiwi last year
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u/sophiebell9 3d ago
Arsenal fans are such losers paying £80 on jerseys to advertise a gulf state airline get real
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u/bimboera 3d ago
i don’t see why there needs to be a parade which is a huge inconvenience to the locals and the business owners etc. why could they not have hosted an event in the stadium or a park etc to celebrate without disrupting everyone else’s lives? i’m saying this as i live by crouch hill but still affected by it. the local pub drunks for one thing. the helicopter and flares above are preventing my baby from sleeping. kids are back to school from half term tomorrow and could have their sleep disrupted by the people continuing with celebrations when parade gone. but people don’t see that they just think should lighten up or say it’s only one day or a few hours…
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u/deadendfriends10 3d ago edited 2d ago
With the greatest respect, you live down the road from one of the biggest football teams in the world, like come on what do you expect. It’s like complaining about the noise of a music venue when you live next door
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u/bimboera 3d ago
actually i used to live three streets down from the emirates and never complained because it was expected. i now live nearly two miles from it and shouldn’t be expected to tolerate the noise pollution because it simply should not be in my area.
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
Unfortunately football always gets a free pass in this country to disrupt as much people as possible. Anything else it wouldn’t be tolerated.
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u/bimboera 3d ago
this is what i’m saying, there was a helicopter above my flat for nearly two hours and now people are blowing off fog horns etc but this never happens when it’s the tennis, rugby, cricket or golf. football fans think they have a free pass to be antisocial and intrusive and will shame people who disagree just because most of it is jubilant. aside from the mass anger driven crimes..
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u/Harry_monk 3d ago
Oh bore off. There isnt a ground big enough in the world for an event like this.
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u/bimboera 3d ago
why do football fans specifically have to demonstrate antisocial behaviour to celebrate? i’m not speaking on people enjoying themselves that is fine. i’m mad about noise pollution from ambulances, police cars, the police helicopter above my flat for 5 hours, the rubbish everywhere, maybe if they were civilised i wouldn’t care so much lmao
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u/West_Juggernaut_2610 1d ago
If you are not born and bred Islington /north London sit this one out - you’ll never understand
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u/rollo_read 3d ago
Chaos at train stations as all the north london hardcove exit the city for the south coast and northern regions. Its absolutely feral out there.
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
Wtf is it just me or has 5g completed floooped? Slower than dial up. I assume it’s due to the crazy amount of people that have flooded into islingtonia. Go home. Or at least go to the parade and actually watch it! Not through your damn phone screens
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u/Waste_Room7248 3d ago
What a strange parochial attitude. You live in one of the largest cities in Europe. People will visit and - occasionally - use their phones
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
I’m not talking about London in general. I’m talking about Islington and the sheer amount that have flooded the streets. Maybe engage your brain before trying to be a smart arse?
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u/Waste_Room7248 3d ago
Where do you think Islington is?
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
Fuck me. You really are a thick one, huh? Read it. Slowly. Islington in general does not get this many people on a daily basis hence why things are struggling! I’m not talking about the rest of London as the rest of London right now is comparatively dead.
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u/Waste_Room7248 3d ago
Haha - yes I have to admit I’m not sufficiently intelligent to feel the need to put it my user name (but then I’m not sufficiently weird either etc). Anyway, I look forward to the border crossings to stop the hordes from, shudder, Camden and Hackney getting into our beloved Islington and stealing our 5g
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u/rollo_read 3d ago
The network falls over at 5pm at any train station on a weekday, had no chance today.
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
I mean true but tbf at least here it’s usually fine all day. But my god it’s been awful.
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u/Squirrel_Gooner56 3d ago
Jeez, noise from horns, chanting, rubbish left behind, normal life will continue tomorrow try not to whinge in the meantime, it's a celebration, We've waited 22 years your pain will ease soon
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
Hopefully it’s another 20 plus years. Bang average team acting like they’ve won the champions league for the first time. Ooops
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u/Squirrel_Gooner56 3d ago
How bad are the teams that were below us if we were bang average?
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
Pretty bad too. Spurs didn’t show up. Neither did Utd until carrick came along. Chelsea and Liverpool? Please. City were on the fence. So many “big” teams took a season off. Yet still you had to rely on city to fuck up last minute to win the title. It’s not as impressive as you think.
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u/Squirrel_Gooner56 3d ago
Seriously I'm happy with your defence, so it was all down to everyone having an off day and Arsenal were the best of a shit show? 🤣
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u/Intelligent_Weird231 3d ago
I’ll give you that. Essentially if the other teams were still actually decent Arsenal would probably be in their natural spot of 4th.
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u/DongFangzwho 3d ago
I don't mind but it does piss me off that they leave their rubbish everywhere. Holloway Road was a joke on Monday morning. Celebrate by all means but have some respect for the local community.