20 Defining Images of a Title-Winning Season
The season didn’t just live on the pitch. It lived through a lens.
From Old Trafford in August to a title-clinching afternoon at Selhurst Park in May, club photographer David Price walked every step with this team, camera in hand, hunting for those small, decisive frames that tell the story better than any statistic. With the campaign finally in the books and the post-season lull settling in, he’s picked out 20 images that, for him, define a remarkable year.
This is his season, one shutter-click at a time.
20. Hello Hincapie
The journey starts away from the roar of a stadium. Piero Hincapie, mid-signing video, caught in harsh, unforgiving light that somehow flatters rather than exposes. He grips the club flag, and the contrast – flag, face, shadow – falls into place. No crowd, no chaos. Just a new signing, a new chapter, and a photographer who knows when the light is doing half the work for him.
19. Gabi gets away
Then the speed hits you. Gabriel Martinelli tearing away from two Kairat Almaty defenders, the kind of clean, sharp action frame every photographer dreams of. You can almost feel the turf drag under his boots. Two defenders straining, one attacker exploding into space. A still image that moves.
18. Competitive edge
Before the whistle, before the tactics, there’s this: Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka locked into a playful pre-training duel that escalates in seconds. No crowd, no referee, just two elite competitors who don’t know how to switch it off. The smiles are there, but so is the edge. Even the warm-up becomes a contest.
17. Parade day
This is where it swells. A city turned red, streets packed, sound almost visible. Price has been on parade duty before, but this one feels different. Every inch of the frame is crammed with faces, flags, outstretched arms, and a thick haze of red smoke that hangs over it all. The bus isn’t the subject here. The people are.
16. Let it all work out
A new number 10, a simple wave, a deceptively difficult shot. Surrounded by cameras all jostling for the same angle, Price finds a clean line: the player, the gesture, the supporters. No clutter, no distractions. Just a connection between pitch and stand, frozen for a heartbeat.
15. The mask
Some celebrations you can plan for. Viktor’s mask routine was always coming; the trick was catching it clean. This time, the framing hits perfectly. No blur, no bodies blocking the view, just the forward locked in his iconic pose. The sort of image that will follow him around for years.
14. Picture perfect
Not every key frame belongs on the grass. Two fans, a hand-painted sign, and a window that naturally boxes them in as the parade buses roll past. Their reaction – that split-second of disbelief and joy – turns a simple street scene into something cinematic. Football as a reflection in glass.
13. Under the lights
Before Bayer Leverkusen, Price digs out an old star filter from the office. A gamble. It pays off. The floodlights sit perfectly behind Declan Rice, turning the beams into sharp, star-shaped flares. His face sits in the middle of it, framed by light, giving a midweek fixture the feel of a film poster.
12. What it means
Late in the season, every goal carries extra weight. At the London Stadium, Leandro Trossard delivers one of those moments and the reaction from him and Cristhian is pure release. Bodies tensed, faces contorted, all the pressure of a title run-in breaking into raw celebration. It’s not pretty. That’s exactly why it works.
11. Captain’s glow
Sometimes, luck joins the team. Martin Ødegaard stands over a free-kick, unknowingly stepping into a thin shaft of light while the rest of the pitch falls into shadow. The beam catches his number, making it glow against the darkness. One step either way and the shot is gone. He doesn’t move. The camera doesn’t blink.
10. Cool customer
Selhurst Park, trophy chaos, noise everywhere. In the middle of it, Eberechi Eze takes a beat. He looks calm, almost detached, framed against a backdrop of Premier League title celebrations. While the world around him erupts, he looks like he’s posing for an album cover. The contrast is striking. So is the composure.
9. Cold on the coast
Bournemouth in January 2026. You can feel the temperature drop just looking at it. Price switches to black and white – a rare choice for him – and the decision pays off. The lack of colour deepens the chill, the breath in the air, the heaviness in the sky. It’s not just a match photo; it’s a mood.
8. On the board
The scoreboard looms behind Mikel Arteta, and the manager is in full celebration, turned towards the travelling Arsenal support. Price had already immortalised his leap from this fixture in a previous year, but this frame tells a different story: manager and fans, locked in a shared moment, with the numbers behind them spelling out exactly why.
7. Rising highest
A crowded box, bodies colliding, defenders jostling for space. In the middle of the chaos, Gabriel Martinelli rises, seemingly smaller than the players around him yet somehow above them all, meeting the ball with a decisive header. The frame is busy, almost frantic, but the eye goes straight to him. The smallest man, the biggest leap.
6. Chelsea dagger
Under the floodlights, the air hangs heavy. Kai Havertz has just struck against Chelsea, and the camera catches him in that instant after impact. His face is etched with emotion, and steam rises off his shoulders, catching the light and turning into a halo of vapour. It’s a cold night, but the picture burns.
5. Gold dust
While Stuart MacFarlane tracks the trophy itself, Price looks elsewhere. He finds Myles proudly showing off his gold Premier League patch, a quieter symbol of supremacy amid the title bedlam. No confetti, no pyrotechnics. Just a small piece of stitched gold that says everything about the season.
4. Winning feeling
At the London Stadium, another kind of image emerges: not the goal, not the celebration in the moment, but the aftermath. Gabriel and William Saliba stride off the pitch together after a vital win over West Ham, two towering centre-backs sharing the same exhausted, satisfied grin. It’s the look of defenders who know their work has tilted a title race.
3. NLD emotions
The north London derby produces its own electricity, and this frame bottles it. Eberechi Eze covering a huge smile. Zubi with a casual shrug. Piero Hincapie and Declan Rice on the brink of going absolutely wild. Every corner of the image tells a different story, all powered by the same result. You don’t need the scoreline. Their faces give it away.
2. A moment in time
Sometimes the past leans into the present. A simple shot, built around the Highbury Clock End clock in the background, quietly nodding to the club’s history. No fireworks, no acrobatics. Just a reminder that every step forward still runs in the shadow of where it all began.
Price’s countdown runs from a signing room to a trophy parade, from the cold of Bournemouth to the glow of Selhurst Park, stitching together a title-winning year in 20 frozen instants. The players will remember the goals. The fans will remember the noise. The camera remembers everything in between.
