20 Iconic Images from Arsenal's Title-Winning Season
The season didn’t just play out on the pitch. It unfolded through a lens.
While the players wrote their story from Old Trafford in August to a title-clinching afternoon at Selhurst Park in May, club photographer David Price tracked every step, camera in hand, eye always hunting for that one frame that tells the truth of a moment. With the dust now settled and the Premier League trophy safely engraved, he has picked out his 20 favourite images from a campaign that will live long in the memory.
This is the season as he saw it.
20. Hello Hincapie
It starts quietly, away from the roar and the floodlights. Piero Hincapie, mid-signing video, caught in a shaft of harsh light that slices across the room. No crowd, no chaos. Just a new signing, a flag in his hands, and the sense of a story about to begin. The glare only sharpens the symbolism: a player stepping out of the shadows and into Arsenal’s spotlight.
19. Gabi gets away
Then the pace explodes. Gabriel Martinelli in full flight, leaving two Kairat Almaty defenders scrambling in his wake. It’s a clean, uncluttered frame: green grass, red shirt, bodies in pursuit that never quite get close enough. You can almost feel the turf tearing under his boots as he powers clear, speed and aggression frozen in a split second.
18. Competitive edge
Training ground, but it could be a cup final. Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka locked into a small-sided game that starts as a bit of fun and turns serious in an instant. Faces tighten, challenges bite, neither gives an inch. It’s a reminder that the edge you see on a Sunday is forged in moments like this on a weekday morning.
17. Parade day
Then the streets turn red. Parade day, and London feels smaller, squeezed in by thousands of bodies and a sea of smoke. Price’s chosen frame is chaos made beautiful: every inch of the image crammed with fans, flags, and that thick plume of red drifting across the scene. You can almost hear the buses before you see them.
16. Let it all work out
A new number 10, a familiar adoration. In this shot, he’s mid-wave to the Arsenal supporters, framed cleanly despite a crush of cameras jostling for the same angle. No clutter, no distractions – just player and crowd locked together. It’s the kind of image that ends up on bedroom walls and in club histories.
15. The mask
Everyone knew it was coming. Viktor’s mask celebration became one of the season’s signatures, but catching it clean is another matter entirely. Here, the timing is perfect: the mask up, the pose struck, the background falling away so the gesture lands with full force. An iconic celebration, distilled into a single, sharp moment.
14. Picture perfect
Sometimes the fans steal the show. Two supporters framed perfectly by a window, reacting as the parade buses roll into view. A handmade sign adds a touch of charm, the glass turning the scene into something almost cinematic. No players, no pitch, but the emotion is unmistakable: this is what the trophy means on the other side of the barrier.
13. Under the lights
On a European night against Bayer Leverkusen, Price digs out an old star filter and takes a risk. It pays off. Declan Rice stands with the floodlights burning behind him, the filter turning the glare into sharp, radiant flares that crown his silhouette. The light carves out his features, framing his face in a way that feels almost otherworldly. Big player, big stage, big image.
12. What it means
Late in the season, the margins shrink and the stakes rise. At the London Stadium, Leandro Trossard scores a vital goal and the dam bursts. The frame catches Leandro and Cristhian Cásseres Jr mid-eruption, all clenched fists and unfiltered joy. This isn’t a neat celebration pose. It’s raw, instinctive, and heavy with the weight of what’s on the line.
11. Captain's glow
Sometimes the light does the work for you. Martin Ødegaard stands over a free-kick, seemingly just another set piece, but he happens to be planted in a thin shaft of sunlight that cuts across the pitch. His number glows while the rest of the frame sinks into shadow. Captain, illuminated. The symbolism writes itself.
10. Cool customer
Back at Selhurst Park, the trophy is centre stage, but Eberechi Eze drifts into his own orbit. In this shot he pauses, composed and impossibly relaxed, while the Premier League celebrations swirl behind him. Confetti, noise, chaos – and Eze, unruffled. It’s a portrait of a player who looks born to live in these moments.
9. Cold on the coast
January in Bournemouth, and the south coast feels unforgiving. Price switches to black and white, stripping the scene of colour and leaving only texture and temperature. Breath hangs in the air, faces tighten against the chill, the floodlights slice through the darkness. You don’t need a thermometer to know how cold it was; the picture does the talking.
8. On the board
Mikel Arteta has been here before. In the 2025 round-up it was his leap of celebration that made the cut; this time, at the same ground, it’s a different angle. Arteta celebrates with the travelling Arsenal supporters, the scoreboard looming in the background like a silent witness. Manager, fans, and numbers all aligned in a single, decisive frame.
7. Rising highest
In the penalty area, bodies pile up and chaos reigns. Out of that tangle, one figure emerges: “little Gabi” rising above the crowd to meet the ball. The image is busy, almost frantic, but at its heart there’s a clear focal point – Martinelli hanging in the air, neck muscles straining, about to power home a header that defies his size.
6. Chelsea dagger
Under the floodlights against Chelsea, Kai Havertz delivers a moment that slices right through the night. The photograph captures him just after impact: emotion etched across his face, steam rising off his shoulders and catching the light, turning his outline almost spectral. It’s a chilling, beautiful image – a player burning so hot you can see the heat.
5. Gold dust
When the trophy comes out, most lenses follow it. Price looks elsewhere. His answer is Myles Lewis-Skelly, proudly showing off his gold Premier League patch. No silverware in shot, no podium, just the small, shimmering detail that says just as much: champions stitched into the fabric of the shirt.
4. Winning feeling
At the London Stadium again, two giants stride off victorious. Gabriel and William Saliba walk towards the tunnel, celebrations still fizzing in their veins after a crucial win over West Ham. Shoulders broad, smiles wide, they look every inch the foundation of a title-winning side. It’s not the final whistle; it’s the afterglow.
3. NLD emotions
North London derbies always leave a mark, and this frame from a particularly enjoyable afternoon captures the full spectrum. Eberechi Eze covers a huge grin, trying and failing to hide it. Zubimendi just shrugs, as if to say, “What did you expect?” Behind them, Piero Hincapie and Declan Rice are on the brink of going wild. One image, four reactions, one shared feeling: dominance.
2. A moment in time
Sometimes the past and present collide in a single glance. A simple shot, on the surface: a player in action, the game flowing. But in the background sits the Highbury Clock End clock, that enduring symbol of Arsenal’s history. Old and new in the same frame, one club stretched across generations, one season slotted neatly into a much bigger story.
These are David Price’s chosen 20: not just pictures, but fragments of a title-winning year. From a quiet signing-room in August to gold patches and red smoke in May, his lens has traced the arc of a campaign that changed everything.
The question now is simple: what will he be pointing that camera at next season?
