It looked to me like a “colour revolution”. A political journalist friend, less attached to Arsenal Football Club, made the same comparison. There is no knowing the number of people who converged in Islington — late on a weekday night, deep into a weekday dawn — to toast the Premier League champions, who were not even there. But similar scenes unfolded around the world. Jubilant fans include Sir Keir Starmer, not one but two east African heads of state, Zohran Mamdani, more celebrities than it is possible to name and — were they still with us, and if rumours of their allegiance are to be believed — Elizabeth II and Osama bin Laden. As for the social media content, it will take the summer to go through, such is the online preponderance of the fan base.
在我看来，那情景就像一场“颜色革命”。一位并没有那么迷阿森纳(Arsenal Football Club)的政治记者朋友也作出了同样的比喻。无人知道有多少人——在工作日的深夜到工作日的拂晓——涌向伊斯灵顿，为那支甚至并未出现的英超联赛(Premier League)冠军球队举杯庆祝。但世界各地都上演了类似场面。狂喜的球迷包括基尔•斯塔默爵士(Sir Keir Starmer)、不止一位东非国家元首、佐赫兰•马姆达尼(Zohran Mamdani)、数不清的名人，以及——如果他们仍在世，而且传言中的支持属实的话——伊丽莎白二世(Elizabeth II)和奥萨马•本•拉登。至于社交媒体上的内容，由于阿森纳球迷在互联网上的存在感极为强大，大概要用整个夏天才能翻完。