TROPHY PARADED AROUND CITY TONIGHT
26th July 2016
Saints fans will have the chance to see the players and the First Division trophy when the team are paraded around the city on an open topped bus this evening.
Perth and Kinross Council are organising the parade which will take the following route:
The bus will leave McDiarmid Park at 7.15pm - 1 hour later than previously advised - and travel via the following streets (timings where given are approximate): Crieff Road, Newhouse Road,Rannoch Road,Goodlyburn Terrace, Unity Terrace,Crieff Road, Tulloch Terrace, Primrose Crescent (7.25pm), Tulloch Road,Crieff Road, Dunkeld Road, Bute Drive, Gowans Terrace,Carnegie Place, Ainslie Gardens, Balhousie Street (7.40pm), Melville Street, Atholl Street, Charlotte Street,Perth Bridge (7.45pm), Gowrie Street, Queens Bridge, Tay Street, Canal Street, Scott Street,Victoria Street, King Street, Kings Place,Leonards Bridge,Priory Place,Glenearn Road,Edinburgh Road, Marshall Place (8pm), King Street,South Street, Scott Street,Kinnoull Street, Mill Street, Concert Hall - 8:05pm.
The bus will stop outside Perth Concert Hall at around 8.05pm, where it will meet the Perth & District Pipe Band, and pick up the Provost, Lady Provost and some councillors. The band will then pipe the bus down to the Council Offices at 2 High Street, where a civic reception will be held for club players and officials in the Civic Lounge.
To round-off the celebrations, the team will display the First Division trophy from the balcony at 2 High Street to fans gathered below.
It's a great chance to see the players before the summer break so why not come along to one of the streets?